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time bomb   (TTS Sound)

The noun time bomb has 2 senses

• time bomb, ticking bomb -- (a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed; "India is a demographic time bomb"; "the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off")


• time bomb, infernal machine -- (a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time)