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exhaustion
Exhaustion is defined as a state of extreme fatigue, or a state of something being completely used up.
(noun)- When you are extremely tired and cannot keep your eyes open, this is an example of a time when you are in a state of exhaustion.
- When all of a natural resource has been used up, this is an example of exhaustion of the resource.
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See exhaustion in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the act of exhausting
- the state of being exhausted; esp.,
- great fatigue or weariness
- the condition of being used up; complete consumption
Origin: LL exhaustio
See exhaustion in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The act or an instance of exhausting.
- The state of being exhausted; extreme fatigue: The runner collapsed from exhaustion.
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