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usually uncountable, plural exhaustions
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up. examples
Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy. quotations examples
As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess
(dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material. examples
(dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum). examples
(mathematics) An exhaustive procedure examples