exhaustion
/ɪɡˈzɔːs.tʃən/
noun
- 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
The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
- 4
The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
- 5
An exhaustive procedure
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