TICKING BOMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ticking bomb mean? 

• TICKING BOMB (noun)
  The noun TICKING BOMB has 1 sense:

1. a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed

  Familiarity information: TICKING BOMB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TICKING BOMB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ticking bomb; time bomb

Context example:

the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off

Hypernyms ("ticking bomb" is a kind of...):

situation (a complex or critical or unusual difficulty)