point of no return
noun phrase
1
: the point in the flight of an aircraft beyond which the remaining fuel will be insufficient for a return to the starting point with the result that the craft must proceed
2
: a critical point at which turning back or reversal is not possible
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Hope, however, is increasingly distraught, whipping up her anger to a point of no return.
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
There is a fine line within the collapsing region that divides the area where escape is possible from the point of no return.
—Ahmed Almheiri, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022
But what happens when the conflict has gone too far and has reached a point of no return?
—Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2024
In short, Gaza is on the brink of a humanitarian, and possibly political, point of no return.
—Benedetta Berti, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2017
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
There is a fine line within the collapsing region that divides the area where escape is possible from the point of no return.
—Ahmed Almheiri, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022
But what happens when the conflict has gone too far and has reached a point of no return?
—Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2024
In short, Gaza is on the brink of a humanitarian, and possibly political, point of no return.
—Benedetta Berti, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2017
See all Example Sentences for point of no return
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“Point of no return.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point%20of%20no%20return. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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