Added 8 October 2026
exhaustion
/ɪɡˈzɔːs.t͡ʃən/ noun
In Latin: dēfatīgātiō Wiktionary
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The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
We worked the mine to exhaustion, there's nothing left to extract.
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Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
I ran in the marathon to exhaustion, then I collapsed and had to be carried away.
- The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
Origin
Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustiō, from exhauriō. Surface analysis: exhaust + -ion.
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