bursting point
Americannoun
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the point at which normal capacity is exceeded.
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a stage of emotion at which self-control is lost.
Etymology
Origin of bursting point
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Then they would promptly sidestep or bet against it, deflating the bubble before it could expand anywhere near the bursting point.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Meanwhile, global warming is accelerating the melting of glaciers which can fill up the lakes to bursting point.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024
The biggest predators on the roads are smoke-belching, horn-blaring buses that are packed to bursting point.
From Washington Times • Sep. 25, 2017
This rich drama of quixotic politics fills to the bursting point its capacious new home at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2017
Don’t condemn me, but think of me as a person who sometimes reaches the bursting point!
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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