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breaking point
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Breaking Point was an American hard rock band on the record label Wind-up Records . It was founded in 1999 in Memphis , Tennessee.
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n. (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks
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n. 1 (context mechanics English) The point at which the increasing strain in a material causes it to break 2 (context figurative English) A moment of crisis, particulary one precipitated by a "last straw"
Usage examples of breaking point.
She soon realized that, beneath their calm surfaces, hour by hour they wound tighter and tighter, like clocksprings being forced to the breaking point.
Just like that, all the suspicions and doubts had swelled up like the crest of a wave, reaching the breaking point.
Earthquakethere would be earthquakes in regions that had never known so much as a trembler, as the stresses in the earth built to beyond the breaking point.
Though Jesse's patience had just about reached the breaking point, she tapped one bare foot against the floor, feigning boredom.
Even for a few minutes, his control had been strained to the breaking point.
He felt the tension of it, felt the trigger's breaking point, knew that another gram of pressure would send the bolt of electric death on its way.
Juan Carlos and his captain took turns at the wheel, letting the ship luff, tightening the sails to breaking point against the growing wind, conning a course toward the Florida Straits and then home to Havana.