I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ daring , heroic
▪ legendary
▪
His courage and ~s were legendary.
▪ wartime
▪ military , sexual
▪
He was always bragging about his sexual ~s.
▪ goal-scoring , record-breaking (both esp. BrE )
II.
verb
1 treat sb unfairly for your own advantage
ADVERB
▪ mercilessly , ruthlessly
▪
The workers are ruthlessly ~ed by their employers.
▪ cynically
▪
He pursued his own interests, cynically ~ing his privileged position as trustee.
▪ shamelessly
▪ deliberately
▪ sexually
2 make the best use of sth
ADVERB
▪ extensively , heavily
▪ fully , to the full ( esp. BrE ), to the fullest ( esp. AmE )
▪
The company has been successful in ~ing new technology to the full.
▪
Birds ~ these wind patterns to the fullest.
▪ further
▪ widely
▪ effectively , profitably , successfully
▪ properly
▪ quickly
▪ easily
▪ cleverly , skilfully/skillfully
▪
The architect has cleverly ~ed new materials and building techniques.
▪ commercially
▪
She was eager to ~ her discovery commercially.
VERB + EXPLOIT
▪ be determined to , be keen to ( esp. BrE ), hope to , seek to
▪ be quick to
▪
The team were quick to ~ their competitive advantage.
▪ attempt to
▪ fail to
Exploit is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ consumer , ↑ division , ↑ fear , ↑ gap , ↑ loophole , ↑ niche , ↑ potential , ↑ resource , ↑ seam , ↑ situation , ↑ source , ↑ strength , ↑ technology , ↑ tragedy , ↑ vulnerability , ↑ weakness , ↑ worker