Thesaurus results for BREAKING POINT

breaking point

noun

Definition of breaking point

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 John Furner, the CEO of Walmart, says that even wealthier shoppers are going to the budget grocery chain as high prices stretch family finances to a breaking point. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 June 2026 In 1973 the strained relationship between Kemper and his mother reached a breaking point. — Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 June 2026 Hugh Jackman has reportedly reached his breaking point with the ongoing drama surrounding his split from ex-wife Deborra-Lee Furness. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 1 June 2026 What's the price increase breaking point for shoppers? — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for breaking point

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Noun

But traffic is still far below the more than 700 transits seen in a typical week before the crisis, Lloyd’s List said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
The seven-year conflict helped create one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

— Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of crisis

Noun

Kimmie, played by Taylor Polidore Williams, finally levels the playing field with the Bellaire family just as tensions rise to another boiling point.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
Temperatures don’t need to hit boiling point for productivity losses to start showing.

— Oliver Balch, Fortune, 27 July 2026

Definition of boiling point

Noun

Kashmir remains one of the world’s most contentious geopolitical flash points.

— Peter Dziedzic, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
The legendary talk show vet takes EW inside the pop cultural flash point that was his and wife Connie Chung’s attempts in the early 1990s to have a child.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026