C1verbenvironment
US/ɪɡˈzɑːst/
UK/ɪɡˈzɔːst/
to use all of something so that nothing is left; to make someone extremely tired
More often (noun): the waste gas that comes out of a vehicle engine
In context
Growing the same crop every year can exhaust the soil.
The long climb up Fansipan exhausted even the fittest hikers.
At this rate, the region will exhaust its groundwater within thirty years.
Words that go with exhaust
verb + noun
- exhaust resourcesRich countries exhaust resources faster than nature can replace them.
- exhaust the supplyWithout rain, the village will exhaust the supply of drinking water by April.
- exhaust all optionsThe council exhausted all options before closing the old market.
adverb + verb
- completely exhaustedAfter the flood, the rescue workers were completely exhausted.
- quickly exhaustedThe rescue team quickly exhausted its stock of clean water.