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 whole family does it, today someone finally had a breaking point.
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Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
As a result, the security awareness space is reaching a breaking point.
—Uzair Ahmed, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
However, his struggles are reaching a breaking point.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
But what happened to Pegues pushed her to her breaking point.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
As a result, the security awareness space is reaching a breaking point.
—Uzair Ahmed, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
However, his struggles are reaching a breaking point.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
But what happened to Pegues pushed her to her breaking point.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaking point
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Things happen, our heroes react, a potentially world-ending crisis is easily averted and everything is wrapped up in time for dinner.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Yet this rift still coincides with a deepening fiscal crisis.—
Joël Té-Léssia Assoko,
semafor.com,
25 July 2025
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The sheriff’s simmering anger, which reaches boiling point as a result of Eddington’s growing air of claustrophobia and his own loosening grip on his life, leads to Cross assassinating Garcia.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
23 July 2025
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As the summer temperatures reach a boiling point, numerous artists — from Alex Warren to BTS — are turning up the heat with new releases.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
18 July 2025
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Now, Maineri heads into year 12 with 18 pitchers on his roster, hoping that rising junior Caleb Gilbert and sophomore-to-be Zach Hess will emerge at the top of the pitching rotation.—
John Roach,
NOLA.com,
19 July 2017
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Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.—
J. Harry Jones,
Ramona Sentinel,
19 July 2017
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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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Abrego Garcia became a flash point over President Trump’s immigration policies when he was deported in March to a notorious megaprison in El Salvador.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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“Breaking point.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaking%20point. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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