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Breaking point

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The point at which the increasing strain in a material causes it to break. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks wordnet
  3. 3
    The point at which a person or system succumbs to stresses or pressures and descends into crisis. broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "Even before Hurricane Sandy, New York was sheltering more homeless people than any city in the United States: a record 47,000 women, men and children, in a system strained to the breaking point."

  4. 4
    (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial wordnet

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