as in crisis
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
tensions between the two nations had risen to the breaking point
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Recent Examples of breaking point
The Herald interviewed former detainees, as well as attorneys and family members, who described a facility stretched to its breaking point, with detainees in a state of physical and emotional desperation, conditions that echo Reyes Pineda’s account.
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
Anybody who has ever worked in the industry knows that a single negative review can sink an eatery, and tempers are already at their breaking point.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 20 June 2025
No one wins when the family feuds as Jackie and Chantel reach their breaking point.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 24 July 2025
But excessive borrowing and speculation brought the sector to a breaking point.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
Anybody who has ever worked in the industry knows that a single negative review can sink an eatery, and tempers are already at their breaking point.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 20 June 2025
No one wins when the family feuds as Jackie and Chantel reach their breaking point.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 24 July 2025
But excessive borrowing and speculation brought the sector to a breaking point.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaking point
Noun
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Prioritize essential work and key customers, yet be realistic in terms of the crisis.—
Eyal Shamir,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Due to go into effect on Aug. 7, the new tariff has thrown the trade into crisis mode, especially in light of the other market forces complicating the industry.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Texas House Democrats, including representatives from Tarrant County, are leaving the state to make a quorum impossible as a mid-decade redistricting push reaches a boiling point in the state Legislature.—
Eleanor Dearman
Updated August 3,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Aug. 2025
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The water in the park's hot springs often reaches the boiling point, so swimming in them is prohibited to protect visitors as well as the park’s thermal environments, according to NPS.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
16 July 2025
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There's always one shot that leaves a golfer shaking his or her head.—
Mike Hutton,
Post-Tribune,
19 July 2017
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Delimitros said one of the truck’s side view mirrors struck her in the head, causing minor injuries.—
David Hernandez,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
19 July 2017
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And there are many potential flash points in Asia, including in the Korean Peninsula, the Taiwan Strait, and the South China Sea.—
Yuen Foong Khong,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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These minerals, key to electronic components and batteries, have become a new flash point in trade relations.—
Brit Morse,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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“Breaking point.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaking%20point. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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