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Exhaustion

/ɪɡˈzɔːs.tʃən/

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

📖 Definitions of "Exhaustion"

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).

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