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breaking point |
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breaking point Noun the point at which something or someone gives way under strain
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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. 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. Within the last few months it became increasingly plain to me that Sir Charles's nervous system was strained to the breaking point. |
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