exhaustion

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IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɔːs.tʃən/

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.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎^[1]:
  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.
I ran in the marathon to exhaustion, then I collapsed and had to be carried away.
(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

point of complete depletion

Bulgarian: изчерпване (bg) n (izčerpvane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 耗盡 (zh), 耗尽 (zh) (hàojìn), 用光 (zh) (yòngguāng), 枯竭 (zh) (kūjié)
Czech: vyčerpání n
Dutch: uitputting (nl) f
Finnish: ehtyminen (fi), loppuminen (fi)
French: épuisement (fr) m
German: Erschöpfung (de) f

supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy