Word Finder - exhaustion

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The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.

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We worked the mine to exhaustion, there's nothing left to extract.

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Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.

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I ran in the marathon to exhaustion, then I collapsed and had to be carried away.

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The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.

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The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).

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An exhaustive procedure

Exhaustion forced her to sleep through the night.

Finally exhaustion became sleep.

Exhaustion from the ordeal was taking its toll on Carmen as well, but she tried to stay awake.

Exhaustion took over as soon as her head hit the pillow.

Exhaustion worked faster than a sleeping pill and she fell quickly into a sound sleep.

Exhaustion eventually took over and she slept.

Exhaustion made itself known and her head nodded.

Exhaustion invaded her body and mind as well.

Healing his scars made her feel a familiar sense of exhaustion, and she retreated to the couch in front of the TV, content to doze and recover.

Rissa sobbed into her hands, pain, fear, exhaustion, and frustration bubbling uncontrollably.

At first she though exhaustion might be the cause, but when he started working longer hours, it was obvious that wasn't the case.

The exhaustion of the treasury was evidenced by 1773-1789.

It already, however, bore within it the germ of decay; the accumulation of treasure in the capital had led to a corruption of the simple manners of the earlier times; the exhaustion of the tribes through the heavy blood tax had roused discontent among them; the plundering of the holy places, the attacks on the pilgrim caravans under the escort of Turkish soldiers, and finally, in 1810, the desecration of the tomb of Mahomet and the removal of its costly treasures, raised a cry of dismay throughout the Mahommedan world, and made it clear even to the Turkish sultan that unless the Wahhabi power were crushed his claims to the caliphate were at an end.

Pulling back the covers on her bed, she slipped between the cool sheets and let exhaustion take its course.

Neither of us was proficient at using a saw and we'd managed only two rungs when exhaustion caught up with us and the light faded for permanently.

Exhaustion left her feeling cold and weak, which was probably why her foot slipped on the edge of a rock.

She, however, saw the lines of pain and exhaustion under his eyes.

From this great mass of details, soon represented in Paris by the collection of some ioo,000 cards, it was possible, proceeding by exhaustion, to sift and sort down the cards till a small bundle of half a dozen produced the combined facts of the measurements of the individual last sought.

Exhaustion winked and said goodbye, leaving only passion to direct her.

At bottom the emperor Francis, perhaps also Metternich, wanted peace, but on terms which the exhaustion of the combatants would enable them to dictate.

Italy, Piero de' Medici, encouraged by the league, enlisted a number of mercenaries and marched on Florence, but the citizens, fired by Savonarola's enthusiasm, flew to arms and prepared for an energetic resistance; owing to Piero's incapacity and the exhaustion of his funds the expedition came to nothing.

Exhaustion eventually ended the game and everyone but Dulce gathered in the kitchen for an ice cream snack.

She froze, horror replacing exhaustion.

During the winter of1864-1865the resources of the government showed such exhaustion that it was apparent that the end would come with the opening of the spring campaign.

Of the carbon dioxide and ammonia no exhaustion can take place, but of the mineral constitutents the supply is limited because the soil cannot afford an indefinite amount of them; hence the chief care of the farmer, and the function of manures, is to restore to the soil those minerals which each crop is found, by the analysis of its ashes, to take up in its growth.

Only the complete exhaustion of both sides put an end to the fighting.

Avoid too much exercise, which can cause heat exhaustion or heat stroke, and can even be fatal.

She awoke and readied herself for the world, convinced everything had been a nightmare caused by exhaustion.

He felt the familiar stirring of desire despite his exhaustion.

Until the country had completely recovered from the exhaustion of the Crimean War the government remained in the back ground of European politics.

The utter exhaustion of his people in the course of a hopeless struggle with Holland, France and England was seen by him with sympathy, but he considered it an unavoidable misfortune and not the result of his own errors, since he could not be expected to renounce his rights or to desert the cause of God and the Church.

The seventh year's fallow prevented the exhaustion of the soil, which was further enriched by the burning of the weeds and spontaneous growth of the Sabbatical year.

Not till the victory of Puck (September 17, 1462), one of the very few pitched battles in a war of raids, skirmishes and sieges, did fortune incline decisively to the side of the Poles, who maintained and improved their advantage till absolute exhaustion compelled the Knights to accept the mediation of a papal legate, and the second peace of Thorn (October 14, 1466) concluded a struggle which had reduced the Prussian provinces to a wilderness.'

He owed his extraordinary influence to the fact that he was the only one of Charles's advisers who believed, or pretended to believe, that Sweden was still far from exhaustion, or at any rate had a sufficient reserve of power to give support to an energetic diplomacy - Charles's own opinion, in fact.

Just as the Later Roman empire was at once the supreme effort of the old world and the outcome of its exhaustion, so Neoplatonism is in one aspect the consummation, in another the collapse, of ancient philosophy.

Of 4000 thus exiled, more than 1000 died in the course of the first two years from exhaustion and disease; and more would have perished had not information reached Count Leo Tolstoy and his friends, and through them the Society of Friends in England.

Select a weight that takes your muscles to exhaustion eight to 10 repetitions.

Mechanical ventilation may be effected either by direct exhaustion or centrifugal displacement of the air to be removed.

But as the air is withdrawn by the pump the sound decreases, and when the exhaustion is high the.

Thus in the air-pump experiment, before exhaustion it travels through the glass of the receiver and the base plate.

Nor was the concentration of wealth the only danger of this policy; it led to the destruction of forests, the exhaustion of farming soils and the wasteful mining of coal and minerals, since the desire for quick profits, even when they entail risk to permanency of capital, is always a powerful human motive.

This in part depended on national factors, which became more clearly visible as the situation of the Central Powers became more and more unfavourable, but it was in part due simply to the exhaustion due to economic need.

The middle ages were far more disastrous for the Monophysites than for the Nestorians; in their case there was no alternation of rise and decline, and we have only a long period of gradual exhaustion to chronicle.

But with these insignificant exceptions it holds true that, after the sceptical wave marked by the Sophists, scepticism does not reappear till after the exhaustion of the Socratic impulse in Aristotle.

He mastered them thoroughly, gained a minute acquaintance with every detail of the soldier's life, learned the precise amount of food required for every mouth, the exact weight that could be carried, the distances that could be traversed without exhaustion, the whole body of conditions in short which govern the military activity of man and beast.

P Y P Crimean War was still going on, but as there was no doubt as to the final issue, and the country was showing symptoms of exhaustion, he concluded peace with the allies as soon as he thought the national honour had been satisfied.

The coffee-producing area tributary to this port is slowly decreasing, owing to the exhaustion of the soil and the greater productiveness of Sao Paulo.

The Allied sovereigns were for continuing the fight; Schwarzenberg, however, knowing the exhaustion of his troops decided to retreat.

He now suffered from frequent attacks of brain irritation and exhaustion, and had many causes of sorrow and disappointment.

At last, after long negotiations, exhaustion compelled the French king to sign the peace of Ryswick in 1697, in which William was recognized by France as king of England, the Dutch obtaining a favourable commercial treaty, and the right to garrison the Netherland barrier towns.