exhaust
verb (used with object)
to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person.
exhauster
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a word derived from
exhaust.
Example Sentences
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The apparatus consequently supplies the place of the exhauster and the scrubber.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
A horizontal compound steam-engine is usually employed to drive the exhauster.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
By the new system, the loss of pressure is nil, inasmuch as each turbine becomes in reality an exhauster.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
In 1870, Alexius Van Gulpen introduced to the German trade a globular coffee roaster employing wood and coke as fuel and having perforations and an exhauster.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
A mechanical contrivance known as the exhauster is next used, by which the gas is, amongst other things, helped forward in its onward movement through the apparatus.
From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Martin, Edward A.
