English Explanatory Dictionary

ticking bomb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of time bomb (“a situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time”).

Word forms

ticking bomb ticking bombs

Synonyms

time bomb
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