noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
battle fatigue
chronic fatigue syndrome
combat fatigue
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These treatment methods enabled 80 percent of combat-fatigue-affected troops to return to duty.
combat fatigues (= trousers worn in battles by the armed forces )
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He was still dressed in combat fatigues and jungle boots.
compassion fatigue
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Some donors, battered by so many appeals for help, may find themselves battling compassion fatigue.
metal fatigue
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
chronic
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Survivors still complain of ailments ranging from breathlessness, chronic fatigue and stomach pain to cardiac problems and tuberculosis.
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In fact, very little about chronic fatigue syndrome has achieved medical consensus, not even the name.
mental
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This was due to poor buildings, old machinery and accumulation of mental and physical fatigue because of the unrelenting nature of the activity.
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The mental fatigue of computer upgrading.
physical
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This was due to poor buildings, old machinery and accumulation of mental and physical fatigue because of the unrelenting nature of the activity.
■ NOUN
battle
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Across the road, an army conscript in battle fatigues watches.
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If battle fatigue sets in, Mr Biedenkopf may have reason for optimism.
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You know, battle fatigues - camouflage gear.
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An enormous bald headed woman dressed in battle fatigues merged.
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A lifeless performance left manager Lennie Lawrence wondering whether his players are suffering battle fatigue after a hectic cup-and-league programme.
combat
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The Clash weren't always into combat fatigues .
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He had his throng of child beggars with him, and he was still in his combat fatigues .
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She wears faded jeans or combat fatigues .
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Both men are in combat fatigues .
metal
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It is not just artistic ephemera which suffer from metal fatigue in the heat of ubiquitous exposure.
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Cecilia attributed the marks to some kind of metal fatigue or rust.
syndrome
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In fact, very little about chronic fatigue syndrome has achieved medical consensus, not even the name.
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Chronic fatigue syndrome rarely kills, at least not directly.
■ VERB
dress
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Across the road, an army conscript dressed in battle fatigues watches.
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He preferred to dress out in fatigues after the morning exercises, with shined boots.
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An enormous bald headed woman dressed in battle fatigues merged.
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He was dressed in starched jungle fatigues and polished jungle boots.
suffer
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It is not just artistic ephemera which suffer from metal fatigue in the heat of ubiquitous exposure.
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Hungry children are four times as likely to suffer from fatigue and to have difficulty concentrating.
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When they are withdrawn the patient may suffer fatigue , headache, depression, weakness, and aches and pains.
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A spokesman said that Soglo was suffering from fatigue following an attack of typhoid fever.
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Also, you will need to be particularly careful with your diet if you are not to suffer from fatigue .
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It is no wonder that in March 1943 he was suffering from fatigue which again brought on influenza.
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I was bored and lonely; they were suffering from compassion fatigue .
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He says some of the M-forty accidents have been a result of drivers suffering from fatigue .
wear
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The man who got out wore baggy cotton fatigues and knee-boots.
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They wore army fatigues and played brooding games of gin rummy, listening to dull rumbles from the sabotage site.
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This never happens, of course, so poor decisions do surface as the day wears on and fatigue levels increase.
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It was the first time we had worn anything but fatigues for two months.
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They wore fatigues or business suits, and several came in full combat, gear.
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He wore well-pressed fatigues and had the distant look of a doorman in a gold coat outside a new hotel.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Driving in stressful conditions can lead to muscle fatigue .
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She seemed depressed and was beginning to show signs of fatigue .
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Stoklos was showing signs of fatigue after a difficult game.
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Symptoms of the illness include fever, fatigue , and loss of appetite.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But nobody who regularly uses the motorway can say they haven't been warned about the dangers of driver fatigue .
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Moreover, fatigue from untreated sleep apnea may lead to motor-vehicle accidents.
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On these occasions, it was said, he was insensible to both fatigue and heat.
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The researchers sought to determine if rest periods would reduce worker fatigue and therefore contribute to increased output across the day.
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This could be regarded as nothing more than fatigue and recovery from fatigue, but it is not.