Brink
Armored truck company
Brink is the edge of a steep place—a cliff's brink, the brink of a precipice.
The word almost always appears figuratively: on the brink of war, on the brink of disaster, on the brink of a breakthrough.
To be on the brink is to be at the point where something momentous is about to happen, usually something dangerous or irreversible.
Border or cusp
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- cuspPoint of transition
- eveDay preceding celebration
- pointExact location or meaning
moment · juncture · precipice · doorstep · edge · onset · approach · nearness
Steep rock face
- cliffVertical rock wall
- vergeBorder or cusp
- ledgeProjecting horizontal surface
- rimCircular outer boundary
threshold · border · margin · lip · overhang · chasm · drop · abyss
Sudden ruinous event
- collapseSudden structural failure
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- destructionAct of completely ruining
war · chaos · bankruptcy · extinction · meltdown · failure · breakdown · calamity
verge
Border or cusp
point · moment · juncture · precipice · doorstep · edge · onset · approach · nearness · proximity
precipice
Steep rock face
rim · threshold · border · margin · lip · overhang · chasm · drop · abyss · escarpment
disaster
Sudden ruinous event
- collapseSudden structural failure
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
destruction · war · chaos · bankruptcy · extinction · meltdown · failure · breakdown · calamity · default
- South African NamesMandela, Shaka, Cetshwayo, Kruger, Meyer
- BethesdaSkyrim, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Fallout 4, Wolfenstein
Brinkaftermath
Results following an event
resolution · long way off · wake · recovery · conclusion
- on the brinkAt the threshold
- on the brink ofJust about to
- brink of disaster
- nuclear brinkmanshipRisking war for leverage
- Brink's truckSecure currency transport vehicle