as in time bomb
a potentially explosive place or situation
after months of tension the roommates' living situation was a volcano
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Recent Examples of volcano
However, pyroclastic flow deposits mantle the valleys around the volcano.
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Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025
Mount Spurr is one of 53 volcanoes in Alaska that have been active within the last 250 years.
—CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
Friday's disruption was one of the most serious since the 2010 eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which spewed clouds of ash into the atmosphere and shut Europe's airspace for days.
—Brian Melley, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Still, the disruption Friday fell short of the one caused by the 2010 eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which spewed clouds of ash into the atmosphere and created trans-Atlantic air travel chaos for months.
—Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
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Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025
Mount Spurr is one of 53 volcanoes in Alaska that have been active within the last 250 years.
—CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
Friday's disruption was one of the most serious since the 2010 eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which spewed clouds of ash into the atmosphere and shut Europe's airspace for days.
—Brian Melley, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Still, the disruption Friday fell short of the one caused by the 2010 eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which spewed clouds of ash into the atmosphere and created trans-Atlantic air travel chaos for months.
—Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volcano
Noun
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Mendoza said those problems include the ticking time bomb that is the city budget’s structural deficit and how that could spell an adverse effect on Pritzker and the rest of state government.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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With malicious bots continuously scanning the internet for open endpoints, an unprotected app is a ticking time bomb.—
Gerry Gebel,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The switcheroo went off like a powder keg at City Hall, with officials rushing toward damage control.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
1 Apr. 2025
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But internal conflict between the brash younger generation and the old-school leadership threatens to set a match to this powder keg, which will sweep the Westies into the FBI’s ever-deepening investigation into the Italian mafia.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2025
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As Trump, in collaboration with Elon Musk, has embarked on efforts to decimate the federal government, public political gatherings—in particular, appearances by Republicans in their home districts—have become flash points for an angry citizenry.—
Emily Witt,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2025
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Maritime flash points Besides Taiwan, the U.S. and China remain fundamentally at odds over the South China Sea, which Beijing claims almost entirely as its own despite an opposing 2016 international court ruling.—
Brad Dress,
The Hill,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Volcano.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volcano. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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