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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

/ ɪɡˈ³úɔ˲õ³Ùʃə²Ô /

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
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è°ù±ðe³æ·³ó²¹³Ü²õt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of exhaustion1

First recorded in 1640–50, exhaustion is from the New Latin word ±ð³æ³ó²¹³Ü²õ³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ±ð³æ³ó²¹³Ü²õ³Ù¾±Å ). See exhaust, -ion
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Smoking a string of cigarettes or blankly watching whatever’s on television, her face a canvas of exhaustion and depression, Janice is struggling to pick up the pieces.

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After the fight, Foreman said he had a "near-death experience" in the dressing as he struggled with exhaustion and heatstroke.

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In his dressing room after the fight, suffering from exhaustion and heatstroke, Foreman collapsed and thought he had died.

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As these expectations of what is normal are repeatedly shattered, a type of collective exhaustion and state of learned helplessness sets in.

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Or should I say my exhaustion with a kind of TV realism that seems to believe the purpose of art is to offer a slice not so much of life but of idiosyncratic behavior.

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