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1. Having a debilitating effect
   "an exhausting job in the hot sun"
   - draining
    
2. Producing exhaustion
   "an exhausting march"
   - tiring, wearing, wearying

1. Wear out completely
   "This kind of work exhausts me"
   - wash up, beat, tucker [N. Amer], tucker out [N. Amer]
    
2. Use up (resources or materials)
   "We exhausted our savings"
   - consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, run through, wipe out
    
3. Deplete
   "exhaust one's savings"
   - run down, play out, sap, tire
    
4. Use up the whole supply of
   "We have exhausted the food supplies"
    
5. Eliminate (a substance)
   "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"
   - discharge, expel, eject, release

See also: debilitating, effortful, exhaustion

Type of: drop, empty, expend, fag, fag out [Brit], fatigue, jade, outwear, spend, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary

Encyclopedia: Exhaust