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Collocations for exhaustion - noun

ADJECTIVE

complete, pure, sheer, total, utter
extreme
emotional, mental, nervous, physical
heat

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VERB + 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 of

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PREPOSITION

in exhaustion
He fell silent, with his head bowed in exhaustion.
with exhaustion
She was faint with exhaustion.

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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.

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