Thesaurus results for VOLCANO

volcano

noun

väl-ˈkā-(ˌ)nō

Definition of volcano

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 His ceramic cups sit in saucers that are more like volcano cones, geologic. — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026 Hibachi chefs erected onion volcanoes and squirted sake into the mouths of guests. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026 And on the Italian island of Stromboli, formed by the tip of a volcano, a school reopened last month after 20 years with a single student. — Lefteris Pitarakis, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 And not just any velociraptor, but the enraged dinosaur that pushed franchise champion Rachel Reilly into a volcano, thereby burning the reality TV icon to a crisp in a sea of lava. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for volcano

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These privileged few will be sitting on a time bomb of their own making, similar to that faced by political and economic elites during the waning years of the Ming dynasty.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
In Europe, multiethnic capitals are pilloried by the far right as demographic time bombs, ground zero for invasions of unwanted foreigners.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of time bomb

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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has become one of the biggest spenders in US elections and a repeat flash point in this year’s Democratic primaries.

— Caitlin Dewey, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026
Voting by mail has been a flash point since the 2020 presidential election when Philadelphia and Pennsylvania sat at the center of controversy.

— Heather LaMarre, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026

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