Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
delayed-action
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I was now shaking with delayed-action shock.
▪ Yet this delayed-action disease manifested itself in widening circles and in larger numbers of people.
WordNet
delayed-action
adj. operating after a predetermined lapse of time; "a delayed-action bomb"
Usage examples of "delayed-action".
The few crew onboard are dead, killed by a delayed-action gas bomb, the ship shut down.
In the sick bay he concocted some type of delayed-action chemical fuse that would give off plenty of smoke but very little flame--there are a dozen combinations of acids and chemicals that can bring this about, and our friend will be a highly trained expert well versed in all of them.
Its exposure to visible radiation of the order of one-hundredth of a lumen will trigger a delayed-action fuse.