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exhaustverb to use up all the physical energy ofthe long day at the county fair had exhausted everyone break, burn out, bust, do in, do up, drain, fag, fatigue, frazzle, harass, kill, knock out, outwear, tire, tucker (out), wash out, wear, wear out, weary debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, sap, waste, weaken wear to a frazzle activate, energize, invigorate, rejuvenate, strengthen, vitalizerelax, rest, unwind to make complete use ofwe had been at the theme park barely for two hours, and we were on the verge of exhausting our spending money absorb, burn, consume, deplete, devour, drain, draw down, expend, play out, spend, use up abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, reduceeat, usebankrupt, clean (out), impoverishcripple, debilitate, disable, enfeeble, sap, undermine, weakendry up, emptyblow, dissipate, fritter (away), guzzle, lavish, misspend, run through, squander, throw away, waste run out of renew, replace augment, enlarge, increasebolster, enforce, fortify, reinforce(also reenforce), strengthenrebuild, repair, restore, reviveconserve, preserve, save deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish, bankrupt mean to deprive of something essential to existence or potency.deplete implies a reduction in number or quantity so as to endanger the ability to function.depleting our natural resources drain implies a gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence.personal tragedy had drained him of all spirit exhaust stresses a complete emptying.her lecture exhausted the subject impoverish suggests a deprivation of something essential to richness or productiveness.impoverished soil bankrupt suggests impoverishment to the point of imminent collapse.war had bankrupted the nation of resources in 1531 |