Exhaustion
[ɪg'zɔːstʃ(ə)n;eg-] or [ɪg'zɔstʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of exhausting something entirely.
(noun.) extreme fatigue.
Edited by Dwight--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.
(n.) The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits.
(n.) An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See EXHAUST]
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Examples
- Tom silently resumed his task; but the woman, before at the last point of exhaustion, fainted. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The exquisite pain and suffering endured previous to the use of anaesthetics often caused death by exhaustion. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There may be apathetic exhaustion after the rack. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She has suffered somewhat from the bite of the adder; but it is exhaustion which has overpowered her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Cassy busied herself with a French book; Emmeline, overcome with the exhaustion, fell into a doze, and slept some time. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Absolute exhaustion--possibly mere hunger and fatigue, said I, with my finger on the thready pulse, where the stream of life trickled thin and small. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I explained that I had escaped from the Warhoons and was dying of starvation and exhaustion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Exhaustion followed close on excitement. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- That passion of January, so white and so bloodless, was not yet spent: the storm had raved itself hoarse, but seemed no nearer exhaustion. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- At the end of one minute and twenty seconds the propellers began to slow down owing to the exhaustion of fuel. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Now that he began to doze in exhaustion, he heard them again; and voices seemed to address him, and he answered, and started. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- And as to the condition of the sewing woman, trying and poor as it is in many instances, yet she can earn more money with less physical exhaustion than under the old system. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- His body was in a trance of exhaustion, his spirit heard thinly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- How deeply glad I was when the door of a very small chamber at length closed on me and my exhaustion. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Thirst also, violent and parching, the result of the sea-water I had drank, and of the exhaustion of my frame, tormented me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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