exhaustion

English

Noun

exhaustion (usually uncountable; plural exhaustions)

1. The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.

   We worked the mine to exhaustion, there's nothing left to extract.

2. Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.

   I ran in the marathon to exhaustion, then I collapsed and had to be carried away.

3. (dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material
4. (dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum)

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:fatigue

Derived terms

• proof by exhaustion

Related terms

• exhaust

Translations

point of complete depletion

• Bulgarian: изчерпване (bg) (izčerpvane) n
• Czech: vyčerpání (cs) n
• Dutch: uitputting (nl) f
• Finnish: ehtyminen, loppuminen
• French: épuisement (fr) m

• Greek: εξάντληση (el) (exántlisi) f
• Romanian: epuizare (ro) f
• Russian: истощение (ru) (istoščenije) n, выработка (ru) (vyrabotka) f
• Tagalog: sobrang pagod (tl)

supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy

• Bulgarian: изтощение (bg) (iztoštenie) n
• Czech: vyčerpání (cs) n
• Dutch: uitputting (nl) f
• Finnish: nääntymys (fi), uupumus (fi), väsymys (fi)
• French: harassement (fr) m, épuisement (fr) m

• Greek: εξάντληση (el) (exántlisi) f
• Portuguese: Exaustão (pt) f
• Romanian: epuizare (ro) f, extenuare (ro) f
• Russian: истощение (ru) (istoščenije) n, изнеможение (ru) (iznemoženije) n, изнурение (ru) (iznurenije) n
• Tagalog: sobrang pagod (tl)