time bomb

See also timebomb, and time-bomb

English

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Alternative forms

• timebomb
• time-bomb

Noun

time bomb (plural time bombs)

1. A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time.
2. (by extension) A situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time.

Translations

bomb with a timeout mechanism

• Afrikaans: tydbom (af)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 定時炸彈 (cmn), 定时炸弹 (cmn) (dìngshízhàdàn), 計時炸彈 (cmn), 计时炸弹 (cmn) (jìshízhàdàn)

• Czech: časovaná bomba (cs) f
• Dutch: tijdbom (nl) f and m
• Finnish: aikapommi (fi)
• French: bombe à retardement (fr) f
• Galician: bomba de reloxería (gl) f
• German: Zeitbombe (de) f
• Greek: ωρολογιακή βόμβα (el) (orologiakí vómva) f

• Indonesian: bom waktu (id)
• Japanese: 時限爆弾 (ja) (じげんばくだん, jigenbákudan)
• Malay: bom jangka (ms)
• Persian: بمب ساعتی (fa) (bomb-e sâ'ati)
• Russian: бо́мба заме́дленного де́йствия (ru) (bómba zamédlennovo déjstvija) f, бо́мба с часовы́м механи́змом (ru) (bómba s časovým mexanízmom) f
• Spanish: bomba de relojería (es) f
• Swedish: tidsinställd bomb (sv) c