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PONR

PONR is the initialism of point of no return.

Meaning of point of no return

Noun

point of no return (plural points of no return)

  1. The point in an aircraft's flight when there is insufficient fuel to reverse direction and return to the place of origin.
  2. (figuratively) The point in any process or sequence of events where some development becomes inevitable.
    • After Munich it became daily more evident that Hitler had passed the point of no return. With every burst of news from Europe the inevitability of war became more certain.1959, Roger Burlingame, I Have Known Many Worlds, page 216

Questions about PONR

What is PONR the initialism of?
PONR is the initialism of point of no return.

Words near PONR in the dictionary

  1. Ponong
  2. ponophobia
  3. ponor
  4. ponors
  5. Ponosakan
  6. PONR
  7. pons
  8. pons asinorum
  9. pons Varolii
  10. Ponsanooth
  11. Ponsford

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