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breaking point

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of breaking point

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action

tensions between the two nations had risen to the breaking point

Synonyms of breaking point

boiling point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, crunch time, Dunkirk, emergency, exigency, extremity, flash point, head, juncture, tinderbox, zero hour

Words Related to breaking point

contingency, possibility

climax, turning point

happening, landmark, milestone

condition, pass, situation, strait

deadlock, impasse, stalemate

corner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, last ditch, pinch, predicament, scrape, spot

eleventh hour, last minute

Phrases Synonymous with breaking point

moment of truth, point of no return

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