1. A problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed
   "India is a demographic time bomb"
   - ticking bomb 
2. A bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time
   - infernal machine

Derived forms: time bombs

Type of: bomb, situation

Encyclopedia: Time bomb

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