bursting strength

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noun

the capacity of a thing or substance to resist change when under pressure.

the pressure required to break down the resistance of a substance.

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Morris searched for whatever strength was left in his malnourished body.
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That had to give them an enormous reservoir of moral strength and solace.
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The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds.
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The manifest annoyance of her household was thus easily accounted for, but he marveled at the strength of her bodyguard.
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To be wiser than other men is to be honester than they; and strength of mind is only courage to see and speak the truth.
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For of sadness cometh death, and it overwhelmeth the strength, and the sorrow of the heart boweth down the neck.
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It was a spring day, and the fat buds of the chestnuts were bursting into magnificent green plumes.
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