单词	breaking points
释义	breaking point noun 1 : the point at which a person gives way under stress 2 : the point at which a situation becomes critical 3 : the point at which something loses force or validity stretch the rules to the breaking point Synonyms boiling point clutch conjuncture crisis crossroad(s) crunch crunch time Dunkirk emergency exigency extremity flash point head juncture tinderbox zero hour See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences tensions between the two nations had risen to the breaking point Recent Examples on the Web The heat is straining the power grid to the breaking point. Carter Evans, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2022 Yet even for that song, after an undoubtedly exhausting hour and 40 minutes, Beavis pushed himself to the breaking point, extending the climax with not one, not five, but 13 walloping, finale-worthy slams. Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2022 The fight to come will strain the legitimacy of our institutions to the breaking point, test our faith in the rule of law, and tear the country apart. Lindsay Beyerstein, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2022 For three days last week, as a heat wave pushed temperatures past 125 degrees, three southern provinces failed to even keep the lights on, as the extreme heat pushed an already shaky power grid to the breaking point. Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 Sure, some of the bigger automakers can spend upward of seven figures to simply test their vehicles to the breaking point. Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2022 Does democracy have a similarly untelegenic breaking point? Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 19 July 2022 How concerned should viewers be for Kate and Toby, who seems closer than ever to a breaking point? Dan Snierson, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2022 This might be his most intimate and elemental performance, his primary scene partner being a volleyball, and Hanks finds a raw, slightly terrifying urgency within his good-guy persona that suggests that even the best of us have a breaking point. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Medical Definition breaking point noun : the point at which a person gives way under stress breaking points noun plural of breaking point as in crises a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action tensions between the two nations had risen to the breaking point Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance crises crossroads boiling points flash points heads crunch times zero hours situations emergencies extremities turning points points of no return exigencies crunches moments of truth Dunkirks clutches conjunctures junctures possibilities milestones tinderboxes predicaments contingencies conditions hot waters climaxes passes happenings landmarks last minutes corners straits last ditches fixes jams spots holes eleventh hours deadlocks impasses scrapes pinches stalemates
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