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snapping point
noun as in breaking point
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His head felt hot and as if every thought were a string stretched to the snapping-point; and his heart beat uncomfortably.
With his nerves at almost a snapping point, Henry moved on behind the fourth man.
Strange to say the boys, too, slept although their feelings were wrought up almost to the snapping point.
It was only continuous, prolonged denial that wore his very thin fibred patience to the snapping point.
Neighbors swore it was not grief, nor illness, half so much as sister-in-law, that wore the gentle spirit to the snapping-point.
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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to snapping point, such as: overextension, overstrain, spreading too thin, and tension.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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