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Common collocations with exhaustion in American Collocation

exhaustion noun uncountable

US /ɪɡˈzɔstʃ(ə)n/

extreme

complete
extreme
severe
sheer
total
utter

The dance went on until the dancers dropped out from sheer exhaustion.

of a particular type

emotional
mental
nervous
physical

His wife was suffering from nervous exhaustion brought on by poverty.

collapse
die
drop
suffer

Several refugees collapsed from exhaustion at the border crossing.

brink
a feeling
point
state

He entered the room in a state of apparent exhaustion.

We are willing to work hard, to the point of exhaustion if need be.