Search Result for "breaking point":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial;

2. the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

breaking point
    n 1: (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a
         situation becomes crucial
    2: the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "breaking point":
   bloat, bloating, distension, extreme tension, inflation,
   overdistension, overdrawing, overexpansion, overextension,
   overstrain, overstraining, overstretching, snapping point, strain,
   straining, stretch, stretching, swelling, tension