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temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work;
"he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue"
"growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills"
"weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep"
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used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress;
"metal fatigue"
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(always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something;
"he was suffering from museum fatigue"
"after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue"
"the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue"
"political fatigue"
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labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on);
"the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"
"they were assigned to kitchen fatigues"
