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A state of extreme physical or mental tiredness
“Physical exhaustion contributes to errors of judgement, just as machine fatigue contributes to breakdowns and malfunctions.”
The action of using something up or the state of being used up
“The army, suffering for food, was disheartened by the thought that the scarcity was due to the exhaustion of the country's resources.”
A (gradual) diminishing or reduction in strength, efficacy or amount
“Of considerable new interest is the observation that the terrain from which New England water supplies come may be nearing a point of exhaustion in its ability to buffer acidic deposition in future years.”
The action of using up a resource
A space entirely devoid of matter
The state of being devoid of something
A thing that uses up, or places huge demands on, a particular resource
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