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bursting strength
noun
- the capacity of a thing or substance to resist change when under pressure.
- the pressure required to break down the resistance of a substance.
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He could feel the bursting strength of the young city—a David amongst cities.
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Now rushing furious by with loosen'd sweep, Now rolling grandly on, solemn and deep, Its bursting strength the full embodied sound In wide and shallow brawlings scatters round; Then wild in eddies shrill, with rage distraught, And force exhausted, whistles into naught.
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Hose may be secured with a bursting strength of more than 1,000 pounds to the square inch.
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