exhaustion
exhaustion
Definition
ex·haus·tion (eg zôs′c̸hən, ig-)
noun
- the act of exhausting
- the state of being exhausted; esp.,
- great fatigue or weariness
- the condition of being used up; complete consumption
Etymology: LL exhaustio
exhaustion
Synonyms
exhaustion
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- reserve: On exhaustion of the reserves, workings moved to the present site at Little Paxton.
- resource: The rehearsal process demanded the exhaustion of the resources of selfhood.
- right: Hence the judicial creativity of the doctrine of exhaustion of rights.
- supply: Many were not coming back as scheduled, due to the exhaustion of the prime supply.
- soil: Farmers rotated their crops to avoid the exhaustion of the soil.
Converse of object
- suffer: If you have been involved as a helper and are suffering exhaustion.
- combat: Combat the exhaustion & disruption with a full aromatherapy body treatment to regulate sleep & energy patterns & restore natural vitality.
- heat: Symptoms of insufficient salt range from muscular cramps to heat exhaustion.
- near: Mr Blair knows that this appeal is nearing exhaustion, which is why this will be his last election.
- avoid: Farmers rotated their crops to avoid the exhaustion of the soil.
- cause: Also viral fragments causing exhaustion now out of cells.
Adjective modifier
- sheer: We never were issued with a blanket but just slept in what we stood in, in sheer exhaustion.
- utter: The main symptom of ME is utter exhaustion to the point of collapse which is not relieved by sleep.
- nervous: Men are being evacuated in considerable numbers in a state of nervous exhaustion.
- emotional: The feeling of muscular and emotional exhaustion does not even bear thinking about.
- extreme: A smart-ass student pipes up: " What about extreme sexual exhaustion, sir?
- physical: A longer battle involving greater numbers on each side would soon degrade purely due to the physical exhaustion of all involved.
Noun used with modifier
- heat: She died from apparent heat exhaustion in the same heat wave.
- soil: In some locations, like the site at South Hornchurch, field systems were abandoned possibly due to soil exhaustion.
- memory: See an earlier problem for how to set the $ VERBOSITY variable to help locate the bad code leading to this memory exhaustion.
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