Meaning of breaking point | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The point at which the increasing strain in a material causes it to break.
   countable, uncountable
2. The point at which a person or system succumbs to stresses or pressures and descends into crisis.
   broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable

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Examples

“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⟳.”

“But it was on the Epstein issue⟳ that her clash with the president reached its apparent breaking point⟳.”

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