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Noun time-bomb has 2 senses
- time bomb, ticking bomb - a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed; "India is a demographic time bomb"; "the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off"
--1 is a kind of situation
- time bomb, infernal machine - a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time
--2 is a kind of bomb
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