# time bomb

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time.
2. A malicious program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date or time.
3. A situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time.

## Etymology
From time + bomb.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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