time bomb

See also: timebomb and time-bomb

English

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. (computing) A program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date and/or time.
3. (figuratively) A situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time.

Translations

bomb with a timeout mechanism

• Afrikaans: tydbom
• Arabic: قُنْبُلَةٌ مَوْقُوتَةٌ f (qunbulatun mawqūtatun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 定時炸彈／定时炸弹 (zh) (dìngshí zhàdàn), 定时炸弹 (zh) (dìngshízhàdàn), 計時炸彈／计时炸弹 (jìshí zhàdàn), 计时炸弹 (jìshízhàdàn)

• Czech: časovaná bomba f
• Dutch: tijdbom (nl) f or m
• Finnish: aikapommi (fi)
• French: bombe à retardement (fr) f
• Galician: bomba de reloxería f
• German: Zeitbombe (de) f
• Greek: ωρολογιακή βόμβα (el) f (orologiakí vómva)
• Hungarian: időzített bomba
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• Indonesian: bom waktu (id)
• Irish: buama ama m
• Italian: bomba a orologeria f, bomba a tempo f
• Japanese: 時限爆弾 (じげんばくだん, jigenbákudan)
• Korean: 시한폭탄 (ko) (sihanpoktan)
• Malay: bom jangka
• Persian: بمب ساعتی (fa) (bomb-e sâ'ati)
• Portuguese: bomba-relógio f
• Russian: бо́мба заме́дленного де́йствия (ru) f (bómba zamédlennovo déjstvija), бо́мба с часовы́м механи́змом f (bómba s časovým mexanízmom)
• Spanish: bomba de relojería f
• Swedish: tidsinställd bomb (sv) c
• Thai: ระเบิดเวลา

a situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time

• Italian: bomba a orologeria f, bomba a tempo f
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• Swedish: tidsinställd bomb (sv) c