Noun
A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time.
(computing) A malicious program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date and/or time.
(figuratively) A situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time.
time-bomb (plural time-bombs)
Alternative spelling of time bomb
time-bomb
Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy. Charles Krauthammer
The Photograph is concerned with the power that the past has to interfere with the present: the time bomb in the cupboard. Penelope Lively
Each of us should think of the future. Every puff on a cigarette is another tick closer to a time bomb of terrible consequences. Christopher Hitchens didn't care about the consequences of smoking cigarettes. Tragically, he died of throat cancer in December 2011. Ray Comfort
A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear. Jack Nicholson
The starting line of the New York Marathon is kind of like a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport. Bill Rodgers
Tonight's December thirty-first, Something is about to burst. The clock is crouching, dark and small, Like a time bomb in the hall. Hark, it's midnight, children dear. Duck! Here comes another year! Ogden Nash