EXHAUSTION


Meaning of EXHAUSTION in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

heat exhaustion

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

nervous

Yet it s a one-joke play that teases out its central idea to the point of nervous exhaustion .

Behind dosed doors Diana cried her eyes out with nervous exhaustion .

A week later he wrote to apologise to all six, putting his behaviour down to nervous exhaustion .

Nor could they show her nervous exhaustion , her permanent anxiety for her loved ones, her acute worry about tomorrow.

This probably exacerbated his tendency to long periods of nervous exhaustion , which caused his absence from his parish while he recovered.

Their company seemed to drain me and send me into a state of nervous exhaustion after even a short while.

Most of the others were suffering from a degree of nervous exhaustion after the long takeover struggle.

physical

They were young enough to cope with the physical exhaustion but trying to memorize so many routines became unbearable.

Last month, Mellencamp had to cancel shows in Detroit and Pittsburgh because of physical exhaustion .

His letters groan with temporal and climatic misfortunes, as well as complaints of physical exhaustion .

It was just pure physical exhaustion and then collapse.

The sheer physical exhaustion of combining a job and a young family may also leave you with no enthusiasm.

sheer

In the end, sheer exhaustion and hunger made political questions remote for the majority.

What had settled his son at last was sheer exhaustion , and Alan's absence.

There was no fear of revolt in the countryside on the Volga, due to sheer exhaustion .

The sheer physical exhaustion of combining a job and a young family may also leave you with no enthusiasm.

Only sheer exhaustion would force Paul to stop.

■ NOUN

heat

They didn't know that if you have ecstasy you should drink a lot of water because of the risk of heat exhaustion .

In its early stages, the symptoms of fatigue and nausea mimic heat exhaustion and can confuse the rangers.

Several elderly men were treated for heat exhaustion .

You have to be able to handle real emergencies: sprained ankles, heat exhaustion , sudden snowstorms, canceled flights.

She slumped down, near to heat exhaustion , and raked her jet hair from her temples.

These tips also help prevent heat exhaustion , only several cases of which advance to potentially deadly heat stroke at the Canyon.

I was feeling nauseous from heat exhaustion and had sort of passed out.

Later in the day, another 1st Platoon Marine was felled by heat exhaustion .

■ VERB

suffer

According to local press reports, he was suffering from exhaustion and ill-health.

John-Francis worked intensely with the neglected until, suffering from exhaustion , he died at the age of thirty-three.

They were believed to be suffering from exhaustion and hypothermia.

He is understood to be suffering from exhaustion .

She says governors told her and other parents that Mr Beatson left because he was suffering acute mental exhaustion .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

nervous exhaustion/strain

A week later he wrote to apologise to all six, putting his behaviour down to nervous exhaustion.

Behind dosed doors Diana cried her eyes out with nervous exhaustion.

It could not be true that nervous strain made you lose weight.

Most of the others were suffering from a degree of nervous exhaustion after the long takeover struggle.

Nor could they show her nervous exhaustion, her permanent anxiety for her loved ones, her acute worry about tomorrow.

Their company seemed to drain me and send me into a state of nervous exhaustion after even a short while.

This probably exacerbated his tendency to long periods of nervous exhaustion, which caused his absence from his parish while he recovered.

Yet it s a one-joke play that teases out its central idea to the point of nervous exhaustion.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

One of the players collapsed with exhaustion and had to be carried off the field.

The signs of chronic exhaustion showed in Martha's face.

The soldiers were suffering from exhaustion after long days and nights of marching.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

And millions upon millions, fresh troops on top of fresh troops will lead to our exhaustion .

He was still out of breath, and Barnabas was panting with some exhaustion himself.

I prayed for my body to behave but exhaustion was getting the better of it.

Then, when it finally dropped from exhaustion , it was killed.

They didn't know that if you have ecstasy you should drink a lot of water because of the risk of heat exhaustion .

Too much is made of the exhaustion of war.

With what appeared to be utter exhaustion , he put his head in his hands as the question reverberated in the nave.

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