variants
or volcanos
as in time bombs
a potentially explosive place or situation
after months of tension the roommates' living situation was a volcano
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Recent Examples of volcanoes
The idea was controversial, because volcanoes were always thought to act independently, tapping their own supplies of molten, eruptible rock.
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Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Filmmaker Sara Dosa is going from the molten to the melting, from fiery volcanoes to dissolving glaciers.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
El Niño cycles So scientists went digging for answers to the mystery heat, tapping ideas from volcanoes to the sun to the clouds floating overhead.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
Kilauea, one of Hawaii’s most active volcanoes, just erupted, sending lava over 1,000 feet into the air and visitors to the state’s most famous national park scrambling for cover.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 11 Mar. 2026
Kīlauea is among the planet’s most active volcanoes and has been erupting for as long as humans have been around to document it.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
Kilauea is among the world’s most active volcanoes, with sporadic flare-ups since December 2024.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes.
—ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
The first one is really looking at tectonic plates, or fault lines, volcanoes, and underwater phenomenon that really intersect with how drilling, energy extraction, or military testing really converge in this sort of industrial ambition.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Filmmaker Sara Dosa is going from the molten to the melting, from fiery volcanoes to dissolving glaciers.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
El Niño cycles So scientists went digging for answers to the mystery heat, tapping ideas from volcanoes to the sun to the clouds floating overhead.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
Kilauea, one of Hawaii’s most active volcanoes, just erupted, sending lava over 1,000 feet into the air and visitors to the state’s most famous national park scrambling for cover.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 11 Mar. 2026
Kīlauea is among the planet’s most active volcanoes and has been erupting for as long as humans have been around to document it.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
Kilauea is among the world’s most active volcanoes, with sporadic flare-ups since December 2024.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes.
—ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
The first one is really looking at tectonic plates, or fault lines, volcanoes, and underwater phenomenon that really intersect with how drilling, energy extraction, or military testing really converge in this sort of industrial ambition.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for volcanoes
Noun
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Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There are several other emotional powder kegs that need one little spark, and those babies are going all the way off.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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One of the flash points in women’s college basketball history unfolded during the 2021 NCAA tournament, when all teams were quarantined in the same bubble in San Antonio for all rounds during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2026
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But more potential flash points loom.—
JILL LAWLESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Volcanoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volcanoes. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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