fatigue
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7.2
- noun
- /fəˈtiɡ/
- Jargon
:
trabajos de fatiga
- You're on fatigue detail, not a vacation!
Examples
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I know, but if you were, you wouldn't have to pull K.P., or any other fatigue duty, for that matter.
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Two extra days fatigue duty.
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The term "shell shock" was followed in WWII by the term "combat fatigue."
Academic text (2012) -
A boy in his early twenties dressed in combat fatigues sat in the dirt with his duffle and gear.
Fiction book (1993) -
The soldiers were assigned to fatigue duty, which involved cleaning the barracks every Saturday.
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After a long week of training, he was assigned to fatigue detail to help maintain the camp.
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As part of their service, the new recruits were often sent on fatigue tasks like digging trenches or washing equipment.
Synonyms
18
3.3
Work done with your hands or body rather than by machines
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5.3
Boring, simple jobs that are necessary and take a lot of time
Work that soldiers do, such as cleaning, often as routine or punishment
Compounds
- Archaic
A mental condition soldiers get after long fighting that causes extreme tiredness, anxiety, and nightmares
How Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fatigue comes from fatigare 'to tire' and came to mean 'work that makes you tired', so armies used it for the routine, tiring jobs soldiers did as duty or punishment.