EXHAUSTION


Meaning of EXHAUSTION in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ complete , pure , sheer , total , utter

▪ extreme

▪ emotional , mental , nervous , physical

▪ heat

VERB + EXHAUSTION

▪ suffer from

She was taken to the hospital suffering from ~.

▪ feel

Never had she felt such utter ~.

▪ be close to , be near to , near

He was hollow-eyed and seemed very close to ~.

The rowers were nearing ~.

▪ be overcome by , be overcome with , collapse from , collapse with , drop from ( esp. AmE )

Two of the horses collapsed with ~.

▪ drive sb to , lead to

Don't work too hard and drive yourself to ~.

▪ be dead from , be dead with

▪ die from , die of

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~

He fell silent, with his head bowed in ~.

▪ with ~

She was faint with ~.

PHRASES

▪ at the point of ~ , to the point of ~

driven to the point of complete ~

▪ a state of ~

▪ a wave of ~

Suddenly a wave of ~ hit him.

▪ on the brink of ~ , to the brink of ~

They have been pushed to the brink of ~.

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