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

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  1. crises
  2. crossroads
  3. boiling points
  4. heads
  5. flash points
Noun
  • Public health and environmental experts told The Associated Press the coming weeks are critical to preventing secondary crises caused by contaminants from the rubble and rebuilding.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • Actors have broken the fourth wall since long before the term existed, turning to the audience to acknowledge the artifice of playing out private crises under public scrutiny.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
Definition of crises
Noun
  • For the first time since achieving his five successive Tour podiums, Vingegaard stands at a crossroads.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • And Sahib believes haircare is arriving at exactly the same crossroads.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of crossroads
Noun
  • The intense temperature and pressure of the impact heated the moon's crust and mantle so much that many of the volatile elements present (volatiles are elements with low boiling points), including potassium, evaporated and escaped into space.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Thermodynamics drives selective recovery The researchers hypothesized that FJH combined with chlorine gas could exploit differences in Gibbs free energy and boiling points to selectively remove non-REE elements from magnet waste.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
Definition of boiling points
Noun
  • Mannequin heads stare at you through the storefront window, each topped with a wildly unique hairpiece – one with long, curly, bubblegum pink locks; another with a bright orange bob.
    — USA TODAY NETWORK, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • Scavengers would dig up artifacts like gold coins and porcelain doll heads, and Bayouth admired their aged, archival qualities, a theme that takes shape in her ceramics.
    — Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of heads
Noun
  • Amid noise, close quarters, and rigid routines, interactions become flash points.
    — Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 July 2026
  • The context for Xi’s remarks was a potential war between China and the United States over Taiwan, and the urgency to tamp down flash points.
    — Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 17 May 2026
Definition of flash points
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