time bomb


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a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed

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a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time

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He then attached a clock and wires to make the set-up look like a time bomb. He put the fake device in a bag and placed it in the bubble tea shop.
It did not come as a surprise that the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) organised a session, terming Pakistan's mental health situation a time bomb and looked to discuss whether it could be defused.
"Emotionally, he can be a bit of a time bomb. I am not saying anything that people aren't aware of.
This could be described as an environmental time bomb because any climate change impacts on recharge occurring now, will only fully impact the baseflow to rivers and wetlands a long time later."
It takes companies an average of 206 days to discover a breach, so the answer is 'probably not.' And the threat doesn't just have to be external: you could have sleeper agents placing time bombs in advance.
However, Mr Justice Stuart-Smith said: "He is a time bomb. The record, the facts of this case, the contents of the PSR (pre-sentence report) with the analysis of very high risk of causing significant harm.
And Pakistans debt became a time bomb long ago, but it seems it is set to detonate sooner rather than later now.
The new business rates revaluation introduced in 2017 is the latest "ticking time bomb" to devastate the sector, the campaign group said.
ISLAMABAD -- A first successful implantation of the endovascular stent graft for deadly anatomical time bomb called abdominal aortic aneurysm was performed in the country.
The former prime minister, who heads the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity, said the shortage of schooling represented a "ticking time bomb" which could trigger protest movements among a generation frustrated at the lack of life chances.
The Nanny Time Bomb: Navigating the Crisis in Child Care
Summary: Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad warned that over 1.5 million Syrian refugees hosted by Lebanon were a time bomb, adding that takfiri groups were infiltrating Syrian refugee camps.
BRUSSELS, Feb 3 (KUNA) -- Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari called Wednesday for increased efforts to resolve the crisis in Libya, warning that it can become a "strategic time bomb" for Africa and Europe.