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noun
the point at which a person, object, structure, etc., collapses under stress.
the point at which a situation or condition becomes critical.
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Origin of breaking point First recorded in 1895–1900
Words nearby breaking point break ground ,
break-in ,
breaking ,
breaking and entering ,
breaking ball ,
breaking point ,
break-in period ,
break into ,
break it up ,
break loose ,
breakneck
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How to use breaking point in a sentence At the same time, scientists have had to reckon with the limitations of models as tools — and with the realization that pandemics can push the utility of models to the breaking point .
He says, “When we look back, years from now, we may see that this was the breaking point .”
It’s going to exacerbate a situation that is already stretching hospitals to the breaking point in some areas.
They’re not realizing the stress that they’re having to hold on their shoulders until they’re at their breaking point .
Page said she reached a breaking point after losing custody of her children and being accused of contempt of court.
The citizens of Stevens Point defeated fluoridation by a healthy margin.
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To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.
Therefore, it is not possible for any F-35 schedule to include a video data link or infrared pointer at this point.
But the most important point I want to make is about what the press does now.
This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.
His also was the intellectual point of view, and the intellectual interest in knowledge and its deductions.
Judged from this point of view only, the elasticity provided by the new law is doubtless adequate.
That is the only point in which one sees Liszt's sense of his own greatness; otherwise his manner is remarkably unassuming.
When we speak against one capital vice, we ought to speak against its opposite; the middle betwixt both is the point for virtue.
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British Dictionary definitions for breaking point
noun
the point at which something or someone gives way under strain
the moment of crisis in a situation
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Medical definitions for breaking point
n.
The point at which physical, mental, or emotional strength gives way under stress.
The point at which a condition or situation becomes critical.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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