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exhaustion Definition

ex·haus·tion (eg zôsc̸hən, ig-)

noun

  1. the act of exhausting
  2. the state of being exhausted; esp.,
    1. great fatigue or weariness
    2. the condition of being used up; complete consumption

Etymology: LL exhaustio

exhaustion Synonyms

exhaustion

n.

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.