- exhaustion
- nounADJECTIVE▪ complete, pure, sheer, total, utter▪ extreme▪ emotional, mental, nervous, physical▪ heatVERB + EXHAUSTION▪ suffer from▪
She was taken to the hospital suffering from exhaustion.
▪ feel▪Never had she felt such utter exhaustion.
▪ be close to, be near to, near▪He was hollow-eyed and seemed very close to exhaustion.
▪The rowers were nearing exhaustion.
▪ be overcome by, be overcome with, collapse from, collapse with, drop from (esp. AmE)▪Two of the horses collapsed with exhaustion.
▪ drive sb to, lead to▪Don't work too hard and drive yourself to exhaustion.
▪ be dead from, be dead with▪ die from, die ofPREPOSITION▪ in exhaustion▪He fell silent, with his head bowed in exhaustion.
▪ with exhaustion▪She was faint with exhaustion.
PHRASES▪ at the point of exhaustion, to the point of exhaustion▪driven to the point of complete exhaustion
▪ a state of exhaustion▪ a wave of exhaustion▪Suddenly a wave of exhaustion hit him.
▪ on the brink of exhaustion, to the brink of exhaustion▪They have been pushed to the brink of exhaustion.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.