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breaking point

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breaking point 
1. Lit. the point at which something will break. The mule's back was strained to the breaking point with masses of bundles and straw.
2. Fig. the point at which nerves or one's mental state can endure no more. My nerves are at the breaking point.
See also: breaking, point
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The tension on our nerves was near the breaking point, and I doubt if any of us breathed for the few moments he held us covered by his glass; and then he lowered it and we could see him shout a command to the warriors who had passed from our sight behind the ridge.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Often the sensitive lad's nerves were strained to the breaking point by the inhuman torture he was constantly forced to inflict upon creatures that had learned to trust him.
Dust by Haldeman, Julius Mr. and Mrs. View in context
Within the last few months it became increasingly plain to me that Sir Charles's nervous system was strained to the breaking point.
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
 
 
 
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