exhaustion
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used upThe point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
» Tom collapsed from exhaustion.
Tom brach vor Erschöpfung zusammen.
Meaning
5 senses(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
(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
(dated, uncountable, usually)The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
(dated, uncountable, usually)The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
(uncountable, usually)An exhaustive procedure
- the act of exhausting something entirely
- extreme fatigue
- serious weakening and loss of energy
Examples
33 sentencesTom collapsed from exhaustion.
deTom brach vor Erschöpfung zusammen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Ziri passed out from pure exhaustion.
My exhaustion caught up with me.
The lions ran the giraffe to exhaustion.
Leonid passed out due to sheer exhaustion.
Translations
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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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Forms
plural: exhaustions| Singular | exhaustion |
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uncountable
Synonyms
10 synonyms- serious weakening and loss of energy:debilitationenervationenfeeblement
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable