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brink

Brink is the edge of something steep, or the point right before something unpleasant is about to happen. (noun)

When a disaster is about to occur, this is an example of a time when you are on the brink of disaster.

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See brink in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See brink in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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