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
  • The effort has included resilience drills testing how local officials would keep the government running during cascading crises, from earthquakes to a Chinese invasion.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The same principle applies to mental health, humanitarian crises and social fragmentation.
    — Ricardo Bellino, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of crises
Noun
  • Rapid technology evolution is unavoidable, and every day will bring a new tool and another crossroads.
    — Dani Mariano, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • One year and one week later, the Cincinnati Reds selected Gausman off waivers as his career reached a crossroads.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 4 Aug. 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
  • Continue reading … PULPIT POWER — Megachurch pastor scores primary win in Kansas, heads for big money showdown.
    — , FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Both teams’ heads of baseball operations already were under immense scrutiny.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of heads
Noun
  • Kashmir remains one of the world’s most contentious geopolitical flash points.
    — Peter Dziedzic, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
  • Amid noise, close quarters, and rigid routines, interactions become flash points.
    — Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 July 2026
Definition of flash points
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