Meaning

5 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.

    We worked the mine to exhaustion, there's nothing left to extract.

    Erschöpfung

    истоще́ниеistoščénije, вы́работкаvýrabotka, исче́рпаниеisčérpanije

    ви́снаженняvýsnažennja, ви́черпанняvýčerpannja

  2. (uncountable, usually)Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.

    I ran in the marathon to exhaustion, then I collapsed and had to be carried away.

    Erschöpfung, Ermattung

    истоще́ниеistoščénije, изнеможе́ниеiznemožénije, изнуре́ниеiznurénije

    ви́снаженняvýsnažennja, знемо́гаznemóha, знеси́лляznesýllja

  3. (dated, uncountable, usually)The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.

  4. (dated, uncountable, usually)The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).

  5. (uncountable, usually)An exhaustive procedure

More definitions
  • the act of exhausting something entirely
  • extreme fatigue
  • serious weakening and loss of energy

Examples

33 sentences
  1. Tom collapsed from exhaustion.

    deTom brach vor Erschöpfung zusammen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Ziri passed out from pure exhaustion.

  3. My exhaustion caught up with me.

  4. The lions ran the giraffe to exhaustion.

  5. Leonid passed out due to sheer exhaustion.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
point of complete depletion:
supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy:
Русский
By meaning 2
point of complete depletion:
supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
point of complete depletion:
supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy:

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustiō, from exhauriō. Surface analysis: exhaust + -ion.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustiō, from exhauriō. Surface analysis: exhaust + -ion.

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