exhaustion

Examples

• All

• Guests had to eat to exhaustion to satisfy him.

  Fiction book (1997)

• For centuries it has been in the last stages of exhaustion.

  H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005)

• What killed him, apparently, were heat exhaustion and the climate's gradual wearing on his health.

  Academic text (2002)

• My own food supplies are nearing exhaustion, and the local environment offers scant pickings.

  Never Cry Wolf (1983)

• In the past, pessimistic forecasts have set near-term dates for the exhaustion of oil reserves and have proved wrong.

  Academic text (2009)

• After a long day of hiking, I felt a deep sense of exhaustion as I collapsed onto the sofa.

• The exhaustion of the resources in the region has led to increased poverty among the local population.

Synonyms

D

depletion

vsexhaustion

40 5.3

A decrease in how much of something is left, often until it is used up

is the specific act of using everything until nothing remains

U

using up

vsexhaustion

5 3.7

Spending or eating something until none remains

is the act of entirely using something so nothing remains

O

overexploitation

vsexhaustion

1 7.4

Using a natural resource so much that it becomes damaged or runs out

is the neutral action of complete use without implying excess or damage

D

dissipation

vsexhaustion

1 7.7

Careless use of resources like time or money

is the deliberate act of using everything rather than careless loss

Antonyms

R

replenishment

4 4.9

Filling something again by giving more of what was used

Compounds

H

heat exhaustion

• Specialized

5 4.0

A condition when you feel dizzy, sick, and weak after being very hot and not drinking enough water

N

nervous exhaustion

• Archaic

1 7.4

Extreme mental and physical tiredness after long stress or worry

M

mental exhaustion

1 6.0

A very tired mind after long thinking or a lot of stress

How Depleted

exhaustion

6 3.3

depletion

40 5.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology