bursting point
- the point at which normal capacity is exceeded.
- a stage of emotion at which self-control is lost.
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Origin of bursting point
First recorded in 1900–05
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Historical Examples of bursting point
The delicious combination filled my heart to bursting-point.
The Choice of LifeGeorgette Leblanc
No good to us, though; but we'll soon raise it to bursting-point.
Under the Star-Spangled BannerF. S. Brereton
After she had filled herself to the bursting-point, the cubs had their first taste of water.
Wild FolkSamuel Scoville
Finally he became indignant and angry to the bursting-point.
Mlle. FouchetteCharles Theodore Murray
The veins in their necks were swollen to the bursting-point.
King of CamargueJean Aicard