verb
- Wear out completely.
- usage: "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
- synonyms: exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
- Use up (resources or materials. )
- usage: "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
- Deplete.
- usage: "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
- Use up the whole supply of.
- usage: "We have exhausted the food supplies"
- synonyms: exhaust
- Eliminate (a substance. )
- usage: "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
adjective
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