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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Rubicon, point of no returnnoun

    a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment

Wiktionary

  1. point of no returnnoun

    The point in an aircraft's flight when there is insufficient fuel to reverse direction and return to the place of origin.

  2. point of no returnnoun

    The point in any journey, process, or sequence of events when it is no longer possible to reverse course or stop the process.

Wikipedia

  1. Point of No Return

    Point of No Return is a single by Exposé, released on March 11, 1985. Written and produced by Lewis Martineé, the single was originally released in 1984 on the Pantera label with Alejandra Lorenzo (Alé) as the lead singer. The single was re-recorded in 1987 with Jeanette Jurado as the lead vocalist and included on the group's debut album, Exposure (1987).

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  1. point of no return

    The point of no return is a critical point in a process, situation, or series of events where one must continue on the current course of action as turning back, retreating or changing decisions is no longer an option, either due to circumstances or the potential negative consequences. It's often a moment of irrevocable commitment.

Wikidata

  1. Point of no return

    The point of no return is the point beyond which one must continue on his or her current course of action because turning back is physically impossible, prohibitively expensive or dangerous. A particular irreversible action can be a point of no return, but the point of no return can also be a calculated point during a continuous action.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. point of no return

    A point along an aircraft track beyond which its endurance will not permit return to its own or some other associated base on its own fuel supply.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of point of no return in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of point of no return in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of point of no return in a Sentence

  1. National Assembly:

    This ruling marks a point of no return for this dictatorship, it is no longer just a question of annulling everything that the National Assembly does, but of usurping all its powers, allowing them to approve new sentencing laws that give more power to the dictator to continue hurting the people.

  2. Northern Ireland:

    We are... past the point of no return. I can not sacrifice my personal integrity to defend things as they stand now.

  3. Tom Malinowski:

    We have urged the government not to let the situation get past a point of no return, because if that happens the gains of the last decade really will be at risk.

  4. Anders Levermann:

    We are already at a point of no return if we don't do anything, we can bring it back to the stable point by a small interference now - or by larger and larger interference later.

  5. Carrie Lam:

    Hong Kong is not safe or stable. The rioters have pushed Hong Kong to the point of no return.


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