nnoun.statea problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressedSynset:ticking bomb
Examples:- India is a demographic time bomb
- the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off
Hypernyms:situation
Inherited Hypernyms:time bombsituationdifficultyconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.artifacta bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular timeSynset:infernal machine
Hypernyms:bomb
Inherited Hypernyms:time bombbombexplosive devicedeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:time bombbombweaponryinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity