noun
- A problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed.
- usage: "India is a demographic time bomb"; "the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off"
- synonyms: ticking bomb
- A bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time.
- synonyms: infernal machine
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