The little metal pegs on a snow blower or a fuse in a circuit are examples I can think of.
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Sacrificial Part is the general term.
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Mechanical fuse. Typically composed of shear pins or can be geartrain shafts manufactured with intentionally thinner cross-sections placed at strategic points. A plastic cog in some power tools serves a similar purpose.
In german its “Sollbruchstelle”, that would translate to “intended breaking point”.
At least in North America it is commonly called a shear pin
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