Thesaurus results for VOLCANOES

volcanoes

noun

variants or volcanos

plural of volcano

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 An important hazard is also associated with the glaciers on the steep-sided volcanoes of the Cascade Range, which stretches from California to Washington. — Andrew Fountain, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026 Trace Hawai‘i’s Volcanoes At Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, trails and scenic drives cross landscapes shaped by Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, two of the world’s most active volcanoes. — Kevin Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2026 Hibachi chefs erected onion volcanoes and squirted sake into the mouths of guests. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026 Recent studies discovered the planet is more volcanically active than previously thought, but the researchers found that ash belched out by Venusian volcanoes is not the source of haze particles. — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026 The chef will dazzle the crowd with his knife work, building steaming volcanoes out of onions and tossing food to diners to catch in their mouths. — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 16 Sep. 2026 Natural Beauty Beauty is born from nature in Greece due to an incredibly diverse landscape replete with everything from mountains, lakes, forests, and caves to craters, coasts, gorges, and volcanoes. — Jennifer Tzeses, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026 In fact, in Indonesia alone there are 500 volcanoes, and 127 of them are active, including Anak Krakatau. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Indonesia is an archipelago of more than 280 million people with frequent seismic activity and Sinabung is among more than 120 active volcanoes. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

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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 bombs

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The number of geopolitical flash points would multiply as governments rushed to grab their share of the oceans and protect their claims through force.

— Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
The dispute over the route became one of the defining flash points of the conflict in Northern Ireland.

— Amanda Ferguson Reuters, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of flash points

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