physical exhaustion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofphysicalandexhaustion
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physical
adjective
uk/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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exhaustion
noun[U]
uk/ɪɡˈzɔːs.tʃən/us/ɪɡˈzɑː.tʃən/
the state of being ...
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(Definition ofphysicalandexhaustionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Some stocks may be physically exhausted, butphysicalexhaustionis not a necessary condition for significant inter-temporal user costs.
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But while the sweat andphysicalexhaustioninduced by dancing alleviated the symptoms, it did not cure the disease.
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Thephysicalexhaustionof their people and the depletion of their stocks have been daily increased.
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Her peoples to-day are in a state ofphysicalexhaustionand spiritual ferment.
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The mind boggles at his mental andphysicalexhaustionshould he decide to visit every one of those properties.
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We think them pretty poor anyhow, and we tremble to think of the effect of addingphysicalexhaustionto mental insufficiency.
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My dear father is very ill indeed with heart trouble, high blood pressure, hardening arteries, and completephysicalexhaustion.
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That culture has too often been characterised by last-minute compromise, set against a background ofphysicalexhaustionand horse-trading.
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The first is the recommendation that nothing should be done to causephysicalexhaustionto the suspect.
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They did not rely upon the guillotine; they relied rather uponphysicalexhaustion.
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To enforce that literally is impossible, because what is the definition of "physicalexhaustion"?
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Our books are flooded at the present moment with men, not because they drink too much, but because they are sick throughphysicalexhaustion.
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It merely becomes a competition inphysicalexhaustion, and, as a matter of fact, both sides stood it well.
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Perhaps more than almost any self-employed person, nervous andphysicalexhaustionmakes it impossible for him to work at all.
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I suffered acute depression, severe ill health, and mental andphysicalexhaustion.
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On the other hand, many crimes for which penal servitude may be awarded, arise from temporary causes, such as temporaryphysicalexhaustion, or loss of nerve.
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I need not go into the reasons why some of these men have lost time; but undoubtedly in a number of cases it has been due tophysicalexhaustion.
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My noble friend gave a great many reasons why this is not so, and among them war weariness, excessive labour, actualphysicalexhaustionand so on.
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You see middle-aged and elderly women day by day carrying their heavy bags and baskets of home supplies, to the injury of their health and frequently to theirphysicalexhaustion.
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Knowingphysicalexhaustion, the stench of swamps, the rattling of snakes, anachoic hunting grounds.
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