Exhaustion


[ig-zaws-chuh n] /ɪgˈzɔs tʃən/

noun
1.
the act or process of .
2.
the state of being .
3.
extreme weakness or fatigue.
4.
the total consumption of something:
the exhaustion of your vacation benefits for the year.
/ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən/
noun
1.
extreme tiredness; fatigue
2.
the condition of being used up; consumption: exhaustion of the earth’s resources
3.
the act of exhausting or the state of being exhausted
n.

“fatigue,” 1640s, noun of action from exhaust in sense of “drawing off” of strength.

exhaustion ex·haus·tion (ĭg-zôs’chən)
n.

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