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exhaustion

[ ig-zaws-chuhn ]

noun

  1. the act or process of exhausting. exhausting.
  2. the state of being exhausted.
  3. extreme weakness or fatigue.

    Synonyms: ,

  4. the total consumption of something:

    the exhaustion of your vacation benefits for the year.



exhaustion

/ ɪɡˈɔːʃə /

noun

  1. extreme tiredness; fatigue
  2. the condition of being used up; consumption

    exhaustion of the earth's resources

  3. the act of exhausting or the state of being exhausted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • e·󲹳ܲtDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of exhaustion1

First recorded in 1640–50, exhaustion is from the New Latin word 󲹳ܲپō- (stem of 󲹳ܲپō ). See exhaust, -ion
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Example Sentences

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She pushed herself to the brink of total exhaustion.

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More than half the men who had originally reached the lifeboat either died from exhaustion or cold, he wrote.

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"You've done three flights but you see him and exhaustion just goes away."

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At the beginning of every take, for a period of about two weeks or so, I had to be covered in some degree of blood, sweat, exhaustion.

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The watchdog said exhaustion was also a risk to staff themselves with some complaining of nodding off at the wheel on the way home and reports of staff dying in road accidents after work.

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