Meaning & use
Spent
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Used up completely, or, of a person, physically or emotionally exhausted.
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After the marathon, she felt completely spent.
He spent his entire paycheck on rent and groceries.
A note on using this word
In nuclear engineering, "spent fuel" refers to fuel rods that have been used in a reactor and can no longer efficiently sustain a reaction.
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