"time bomb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: time bombs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} time bomb (plural time bombs)
  1. A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time. Categories (topical): Explosives, Plot devices Synonyms: timebomb, time-bomb Derived forms: Vietnamese time bomb Related terms: accident waiting to happen Translations (bomb with a timeout mechanism): tydbom (Afrikaans), قُنْبُلَةٌ مَوْقُوتَةٌ (qunbulatun mawqūtatun) [feminine] (Arabic), bomba de rellotgeria [feminine] (Catalan), 定時炸彈 (Chinese Mandarin), 定时炸弹 (dìngshízhàdàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 計時炸彈 (Chinese Mandarin), 计时炸弹 (jìshízhàdàn) (Chinese Mandarin), časovaná bomba [feminine] (Czech), tijdbom [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), aikapommi (Finnish), bombe à retardement [feminine] (French), bomba de reloxería [feminine] (Galician), Zeitbombe [feminine] (German), ωρολογιακή βόμβα (orologiakí vómva) [feminine] (Greek), időzített bomba (Hungarian), bom waktu (Indonesian), buama ama [masculine] (Irish), bomba a orologeria [feminine] (Italian), bomba a tempo [feminine] (Italian), 時限爆弾 (jigenbákudan) (alt: じげんばくだん) (Japanese), 시한폭탄 (sihanpoktan) (Korean), bom jangka (Malay), بمب ساعتی (bomb-e sâ'ati) (Persian), bomba zegarowa [feminine] (Polish), bomba-relógio [feminine] (Portuguese), бо́мба заме́дленного де́йствия (bómba zamédlennovo déjstvija) [feminine] (Russian), бо́мба с часовы́м механи́змом (bómba s časovým mexanízmom) [feminine] (Russian), bomba de relojería [feminine] (Spanish), tidsinställd bomb [common-gender] (Swedish), ระเบิดเวลา (Thai), saatli bomba (Turkish), бомба вповільненої дії (bomba vpovilʹnenoji diji) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-time_bomb-en-noun-7PwCVo~2 Disambiguation of Explosives: 39 39 22 Disambiguation of Plot devices: 35 33 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 36 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 39 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 33 32 Disambiguation of 'bomb with a timeout mechanism': 83 11 6
  2. (computing) A malicious program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date and/or time. Categories (topical): Computing, Explosives, Plot devices Translations (computing: program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date and/or time): aikapommi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-time_bomb-en-noun-fprOoWOB Disambiguation of Explosives: 39 39 22 Disambiguation of Plot devices: 35 33 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 36 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 39 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 33 32 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date and/or time': 8 81 11
  3. (figuratively) A situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Explosives, Plot devices Translations (situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time): tijdbom [feminine] (Dutch), aikapommi (Finnish), bombe à retardement [feminine] (French), bomba de reloxería [feminine] (Galician), időzített bomba (Hungarian), bomba a orologeria [feminine] (Italian), bomba a tempo [feminine] (Italian), bomba zegarowa [feminine] (Polish), bomba de relojería [feminine] (Spanish), tidsinställd bomb [common-gender] (Swedish), бомба вповільненої дії (bomba vpovilʹnenoji diji) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-time_bomb-en-noun-tF5TCWvF Disambiguation of Explosives: 39 39 22 Disambiguation of Plot devices: 35 33 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 36 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 39 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 33 32 Disambiguation of 'situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time': 4 7 89

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          "text": "The pandemic preparation timebomb detonated to devastating effect; a number of other timebombs are on the shortest of fuses. The government has now reached a state of perfect vicious cycle, when the only thing worse than the things it does are all the things it didn’t get round to doing.",
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          "sense": "situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time",
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            "feminine"
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          "sense": "situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time",
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            "feminine"
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        },
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          "sense": "situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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    "time bomb"
  ],
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}
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          "text": "Donald Gene Burleson was prosecuted on felony charges for planting a time bomb that, shortly after he was fired, deleted more than 168,000 brokerage records of USPA & IRA in Fort Worth, Texas.",
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          "ref": "2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “Comment: GBR now! We have no Plan B”, in RAIL, number 984, page 3",
          "text": "Someone must explain to Sunak about the time bomb ticking beneath his £1,000 loafers.",
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          "ref": "2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "The pandemic preparation timebomb detonated to devastating effect; a number of other timebombs are on the shortest of fuses. The government has now reached a state of perfect vicious cycle, when the only thing worse than the things it does are all the things it didn’t get round to doing.",
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "bomb with a timeout mechanism",
      "word": "tydbom"
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      "word": "計時炸彈"
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      "roman": "jìshízhàdàn",
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      "sense": "bomb with a timeout mechanism",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "bomb with a timeout mechanism",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeitbombe"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "orologiakí vómva",
      "sense": "bomb with a timeout mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "időzített bomba"
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      "sense": "bomb with a timeout mechanism",
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "時限爆弾"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "бо́мба заме́дленного де́йствия"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "bomb with a timeout mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "бо́мба с часовы́м механи́змом"
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      "sense": "bomb with a timeout mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "tidsinställd bomb"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "bomb with a timeout mechanism",
      "word": "ระเบิดเวลา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "bomb with a timeout mechanism",
      "word": "saatli bomba"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bomba vpovilʹnenoji diji",
      "sense": "bomb with a timeout mechanism",
      "word": "бомба вповільненої дії"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date and/or time",
      "word": "aikapommi"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tijdbom"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time",
      "word": "aikapommi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bombe à retardement"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bomba de reloxería"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time",
      "word": "időzített bomba"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bomba a orologeria"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bomba a tempo"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bomba zegarowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bomba de relojería"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tidsinställd bomb"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bomba vpovilʹnenoji diji",
      "sense": "situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бомба вповільненої дії"
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  "wikipedia": [
    "time bomb"
  ],
  "word": "time bomb"
}

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