# burned bridges (path)

*Ordinarily means:* ruined a relationship so it can't be fixed.

A past interaction that set a wall in a parameter of connection, beyond which return is not possible even though the parts persist.

- Computed level: L15 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: path_dependence

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [interaction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interaction.process), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition), [persist](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-persist.continue), [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation)

**Through:** interaction.process

**Novel properties:**
- path_dependence

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-burned-bridges.path.json*  
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