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MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

die Zeitbombe

time bomb

Im Film wurde die Zeitbombe rechtzeitig entdeckt, wobei die Spannung weniger aus technischen Einzelheiten als aus den Entscheidungen der Beteiligten entstand.

The time bomb was discovered in time in the film, whose suspense arose less from technical details than from the characters' decisions.

time bomb; problem threatening future disaster

Der jahrelang verdrängte Sanierungsbedarf ist eine finanzielle Zeitbombe, wenn weiterhin Rücklagen für andere Zwecke verwendet werden.

The long-ignored renovation backlog is a financial time bomb if reserves continue being spent elsewhere.

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