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bursting point
noun
- the point at which normal capacity is exceeded.
- a stage of emotion at which self-control is lost.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bursting point1
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Example Sentences
For Grantham, a market vaulting faster and faster from one new peak to the next signals that we’re near the bursting point.
The most profitable time is Christmas vacation, coming soon, and the resurgence of Covid-19 has slope operators nervous that another shot at decent earnings will be lost at a time when pent-up demand is reaching a bursting point.
The room quickly filled to a bursting point with editors and fans streaming in from the rain.
The Seneschal blew out his cheeks almost to bursting point, then wagged his head and smiled wistfully.
Then the vast energies of the "south" would rise to bursting-point and a "through blizzard" would be the result.
Whether its demonstration be of a laudatory or a condemnatory nature, the steam is sure to be put on to bursting point.
A great sweeping wave of emotion charged over me, swelling all my veins to the bursting point.
This succession of triumphs swelled his head nearly to the bursting point, and his boasting passed all bounds.
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