"breaking point" meaning in English

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        "The point at which the increasing strain in a material causes it to break."
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        "(mechanics) The point at which the increasing strain in a material causes it to break."
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          "text": "But it was on the Epstein issue that her clash with the president reached its apparent breaking point.",
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        "(figurative, by extension) The point at which a person or system succumbs to stresses or pressures and descends into crisis."
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