noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
heat exhaustion
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
nervous
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Yet it s a one-joke play that teases out its central idea to the point of nervous exhaustion .
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Behind dosed doors Diana cried her eyes out with nervous exhaustion .
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A week later he wrote to apologise to all six, putting his behaviour down to nervous exhaustion .
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Nor could they show her nervous exhaustion , her permanent anxiety for her loved ones, her acute worry about tomorrow.
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This probably exacerbated his tendency to long periods of nervous exhaustion , which caused his absence from his parish while he recovered.
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Their company seemed to drain me and send me into a state of nervous exhaustion after even a short while.
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Most of the others were suffering from a degree of nervous exhaustion after the long takeover struggle.
physical
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They were young enough to cope with the physical exhaustion but trying to memorize so many routines became unbearable.
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Last month, Mellencamp had to cancel shows in Detroit and Pittsburgh because of physical exhaustion .
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His letters groan with temporal and climatic misfortunes, as well as complaints of physical exhaustion .
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It was just pure physical exhaustion and then collapse.
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The sheer physical exhaustion of combining a job and a young family may also leave you with no enthusiasm.
sheer
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In the end, sheer exhaustion and hunger made political questions remote for the majority.
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What had settled his son at last was sheer exhaustion , and Alan's absence.
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There was no fear of revolt in the countryside on the Volga, due to sheer exhaustion .
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The sheer physical exhaustion of combining a job and a young family may also leave you with no enthusiasm.
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Only sheer exhaustion would force Paul to stop.
■ NOUN
heat
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They didn't know that if you have ecstasy you should drink a lot of water because of the risk of heat exhaustion .
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In its early stages, the symptoms of fatigue and nausea mimic heat exhaustion and can confuse the rangers.
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Several elderly men were treated for heat exhaustion .
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You have to be able to handle real emergencies: sprained ankles, heat exhaustion , sudden snowstorms, canceled flights.
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She slumped down, near to heat exhaustion , and raked her jet hair from her temples.
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These tips also help prevent heat exhaustion , only several cases of which advance to potentially deadly heat stroke at the Canyon.
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I was feeling nauseous from heat exhaustion and had sort of passed out.
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Later in the day, another 1st Platoon Marine was felled by heat exhaustion .
■ VERB
suffer
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According to local press reports, he was suffering from exhaustion and ill-health.
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John-Francis worked intensely with the neglected until, suffering from exhaustion , he died at the age of thirty-three.
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They were believed to be suffering from exhaustion and hypothermia.
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He is understood to be suffering from exhaustion .
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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
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A week later he wrote to apologise to all six, putting his behaviour down to nervous exhaustion.
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Behind dosed doors Diana cried her eyes out with nervous exhaustion.
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It could not be true that nervous strain made you lose weight.
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Most of the others were suffering from a degree of nervous exhaustion after the long takeover struggle.
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Nor could they show her nervous exhaustion, her permanent anxiety for her loved ones, her acute worry about tomorrow.
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Their company seemed to drain me and send me into a state of nervous exhaustion after even a short while.
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This probably exacerbated his tendency to long periods of nervous exhaustion, which caused his absence from his parish while he recovered.
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Yet it s a one-joke play that teases out its central idea to the point of nervous exhaustion.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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One of the players collapsed with exhaustion and had to be carried off the field.
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The signs of chronic exhaustion showed in Martha's face.
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The soldiers were suffering from exhaustion after long days and nights of marching.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And millions upon millions, fresh troops on top of fresh troops will lead to our exhaustion .
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He was still out of breath, and Barnabas was panting with some exhaustion himself.
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I prayed for my body to behave but exhaustion was getting the better of it.
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Then, when it finally dropped from exhaustion , it was killed.
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They didn't know that if you have ecstasy you should drink a lot of water because of the risk of heat exhaustion .
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Too much is made of the exhaustion of war.
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With what appeared to be utter exhaustion , he put his head in his hands as the question reverberated in the nave.