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[ verb ] wear out completely
Synonyms Examples "This kind of work exhausts me" "I'm beat" "He was all washed up after the exam" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)He could now but the weakness is very definite ; it would exhaust him further and unnecessarily . |
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[ verb ] use up, as of resources or materials
Examples "this car consumes a lot of gas" "We exhausted our savings" "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)It follows , then , provided the possibilities have been exhausted , that the only real alternative is the general viewpoint of the `` left '' , which has been represented on the Continent by Fritz_Buri and , to some extent at_least , is found in much that is significant in American and English theology . |
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[ verb ] deplete
Examples "exhaust one's savings" "We quickly played out our strength" Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)Adios '' , I said , exhausting my Spanish vocabulary on my host and exchanging one of a scarcely tapped store of smiles with my host 's daughters . |
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[ verb ] use up the whole supply of
Examples "We have exhausted the food supplies" Related terms |
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[ noun ] gases ejected from an engine as waste products
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[ noun ] system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged
Synonyms Related terms system automobile_engine silencer exhaust_valve exhaust_pipe tailpipe exhaust_manifold |
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