as in time bomb
a potentially explosive place or situation
after months of tension the roommates' living situation was a volcano
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of volcano
On a Friday seven months into the state of exception, half a dozen police officers showed up at the home of a single mother in Santa Tecla, in the foothills of the San Salvador volcano.
—
Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
The prison sits at the base of a volcano in a rural region southeast of the capital, San Salvador.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
In the distance the Volcán de Agua, a towering 12,000-foot volcano, loomed.
—Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Smith has also flown to the base of a volcano to facilitate a caribou hunt and was dropped off by floatplane onto a mountain lake for kayaking.
—Julia Boatman, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for volcano
Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
The prison sits at the base of a volcano in a rural region southeast of the capital, San Salvador.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
In the distance the Volcán de Agua, a towering 12,000-foot volcano, loomed.
—Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Smith has also flown to the base of a volcano to facilitate a caribou hunt and was dropped off by floatplane onto a mountain lake for kayaking.
—Julia Boatman, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for volcano
Recent Examples of Synonyms for volcano
Noun
-
Go deeper: Malware's AI time bomb Want more stories like this?—
Sam Sabin,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
-
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
Noun
-
During that tour, just as now, America was raw and explosive, a powder keg.—
Ryan Miller,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
-
During that tour, just as now, America was raw and explosive, a powder keg.—
Ryan Miller,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
This case has become a national flash point as the Trump administration ratchets up its deportation efforts and its crackdown on immigration.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
-
Gender dynamics became a flash point: Danes see themselves as pioneers for equality, while many new arrivals came from traditional Muslim societies where women often did not work outside the home and girls could not always decide when and whom to marry.—
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Volcano.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volcano. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share