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Noun: exhaustion  ig'zos-chun or eg'zos-chun
  1. Extreme fatigue
    "After running the marathon, she collapsed from exhaustion"
     
  2. Serious weakening and loss of energy
    "The illness caused severe exhaustion, leaving him bedridden for weeks";
    - debilitation, enervation, enfeeblement
     
  3. The act of exhausting something entirely
    "The exhaustion of the mine's resources led to its closure"

Derived forms: exhaustions

Type of: depletion, fatigue, tiredness, weakening, weariness

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