exhaustionex‧haus‧tion /ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən $ -ˈzɒːs-/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 
He collapsed with exhaustion. Sheer exhaustion forced him to give up. Many runners were suffering from heat exhaustion (=when you become tired and ill because you are too hot).nervous exhaustion (=when you become ill because you have been working too hard or have been very worried)2when all of something has been usedexhaustion of the exhaustion of oil supplies
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- 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.
- 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.
Longman Language Activatorthe feeling of being tired
· Tiredness and headaches are common signs of stress.· Camomile tea soothes the nerves and relieves tiredness.· A terrible tiredness had overcome her, leaving her no energy for extra activities.
the feeling of being very tired: · The soldiers were suffering from exhaustion after long days and nights of marching.· The signs of chronic exhaustion showed in Martha's face.from/with exhaustion: · One of the players collapsed with exhaustion and had to be carried off the field.
the feeling of wanting to sleep that you sometimes get when you are in a warm place or when you have drunk alcohol or taken medicine: · The drug can cause drowsiness.· Robert stopped fighting the drowsiness and sank back in the soft chair.
a feeling of being very tired and weak - used especially in medical contexts: · Symptoms of the illness include fever, fatigue, and loss of appetite.· Driving in stressful conditions can lead to muscle fatigue.· She seemed depressed and was beginning to show signs of fatigue.
formal extreme tiredness that makes you feel very lazy, so that you do not want to do anything and you are not interested in anything: · Another common symptom of a hangover is lethargy and muscular weakness.· It is not unusual for new mothers to go to the doctor complaining of tiredness, lethargy, and mild depression.
a feeling of tiredness and confusion which you sometimes get when you fly to a part of the world where the time is different from the place you have left: · I always get jet-lag when I fly from London to New York.
when you have worked so hard over a long period of time that you become too mentally and physically tired to continue: · Young boys recruited at an early age by soccer clubs often suffer from burnout before they're out of their teens.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Sheer exhaustion forced him to give up. Many runners were suffering from heat exhaustion (=when you become tired and ill because you are too hot).
Sheer exhaustion forced him to give up. Many runners were suffering from heat exhaustion (=when you become tired and ill because you are too hot). (=when you become ill because you have been working too hard or have been very worried)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· 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.
· 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.
· 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· 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· 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
1extreme tirednesswith exhaustion- 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.
He collapsed with exhaustion. Sheer exhaustion forced him to give up. Many runners were suffering from heat exhaustion (=when you become tired and ill because you are too hot).nervous exhaustion (=when you become ill because you have been working too hard or have been very worried)2when all of something has been usedexhaustion of the exhaustion of oil supplies