the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > oppression, persecution, or affliction > point at which endurance fails (2)
(a) the point, or degree of stress, at which a particular material breaks; (b) figurative the point at which a person's strength or endurance fails…
attributive, as snapping movement, snapping noise, snapping sound, etc.; snapping-point n. the point at which something will snap, or someone's…