Etymology
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From exhaust + -ion .
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IPA (key ) : /ɪɡˈzɔːs.t͡ʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
exhaustion (usually uncountable , plural exhaustions )
The point of complete depletion , of the state of being used up .
We worked the mine to exhaustion , there's nothing left to extract.
Supreme tiredness ; having exhausted energy.
I ran in the marathon to exhaustion , then I collapsed and had to be carried away.
1963 , Margery Allingham , chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery , London: Chatto & Windus , →OCLC :As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion , prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
( dated , chemistry ) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
( dated , physics ) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
( mathematics ) An exhaustive procedure
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point of complete depletion
Belarusian: знясі́ленне n ( znjasíljennje ) , спусташэ́нне n ( spustašénnje )
Bulgarian: изче́рпване (bg) n ( izčérpvane )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 耗盡 / 耗尽 (zh) ( hàojìn ) , 用光 (zh) ( yòngguāng ) , 枯竭 (zh) ( kūjié )
Czech: vyčerpání (cs) n
Dutch: uitputting (nl) f
Finnish: ehtyminen (fi) , loppuminen (fi)
French: épuisement (fr) m
Georgian: გამოფიტვა ( gamopiṭva ) , გამოლევა ( gamoleva ) , ამოწურვა ( amoc̣urva ) , ამოხაპვა ( amoxaṗva ) , ამოცლა ( amocla ) , გამოცლა ( gamocla )
German: Erschöpfung (de) f
Greek: εξάντληση (el) f ( exántlisi )
Ancient: ἐξάντλησις f ( exántlēsis )
Ido: exhausteso (io)
Portuguese: exaustão (pt) f , esgotamento (pt) m
Romanian: epuizare (ro) f
Russian: истоще́ние (ru) n ( istoščénije ) , вы́работка (ru) f ( výrabotka ) , исче́рпание (ru) n ( isčérpanije ) , опустоше́ние (ru) n ( opustošénije )
Spanish: agotamiento (es) m
Tagalog: sobrang pagod
Ukrainian: ви́снаження n ( výsnažennja ) , ви́черпання n ( výčerpannja )
supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy
Belarusian: знясі́ленне n ( znjasíljennje ) , знямо́га f ( znjamóha )
Bulgarian: изтоще́ние (bg) n ( iztošténie )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 精疲力竭 (zh) ( jīngpílìjié ) , 精疲力盡 / 精疲力尽 (zh) ( jīngpílìjìn ) , 累死 (zh) ( lèisǐ ) ( colloquial )
Czech: vyčerpání (cs) n
Dutch: uitputting (nl) f , oververmoeidheid (nl) f
Estonian: väsimus , väss
Finnish: nääntymys , uupumus (fi) , väsymys (fi)
French: harassement (fr) m , épuisement (fr) m
Georgian: დაუძლურება ( dauʒlureba ) , დასუსტება ( dasusṭeba ) , დაქანცულობა ( dakanculoba ) , გადაქანცულობა ( gadakanculoba ) , გადაღლილობა ( gadaɣliloba ) , გამოფიტვა ( gamopiṭva ) , (ძალის) გამოლევა ( (ʒalis) gamoleva ) , (ძალის) დახარჯვა ( (ʒalis) daxarǯva )
German: Erschöpfung (de) f , Ermattung f
Greek: εξάντληση (el) f ( exántlisi )
Ancient: ἀκηδία f ( akēdía ) , ἐξάντλησις f ( exántlēsis )
Latin: dēfatīgātiō f
Maori: kurutai , titina
Ottoman Turkish: یورغونلق ( yorgunluk ) , كلال ( kelal )
Polish: wycieńczenie n , wyczerpanie (pl) n
Portuguese: exaustão (pt) f
Romanian: epuizare (ro) f , extenuare (ro) f
Russian: истоще́ние (ru) n ( istoščénije ) , изнеможе́ние (ru) n ( iznemožénije ) , изнуре́ние (ru) n ( iznurénije )
Spanish: cansancio (es) m
Tagalog: sobrang pagod
Ukrainian: ви́снаження n ( výsnažennja ) , знемо́га f ( znemóha ) , знеси́лля n ( znesýllja )