Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A bomb with a detonating mechanism that can be set for a particular time.
- n. Something that threatens to have an abruptly disastrous outcome in the future.
Wiktionary
- n. A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time.
- n. by extension A situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time
- n. a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed
Examples
“Because," she said, "the bomb squad was looking for a time bomb when they searched Percey's plane tonight.”
“When we left the Africa Shell the [German] sailors put a time bomb on the port side of the engine room ....”
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AFET - diplomacy
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its time
its about time
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AFET - diplomacy - noun+noun collocat...
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Dis Wordz R Da Bomb
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(Medical) Marijuana Strains
Names of various "medicinal" Cannabis strains, harvested from various sources.
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Bombs Away!
Words containing the word "bomb"
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What's the Sitch?
Situations.
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Things the User Content will not contain
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back door, trap door, time bomb, Trojan Horse, worm, drop dead device, Easter Eggs, cancelbots
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