time bomb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time.
A malicious program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date or time.
A situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time.

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From time + bomb.

ticking bomb ticking time bomb

accident waiting to happen

Vietnamese time bomb

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