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Synonyms & Antonyms for spent
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all in, aweary [archaic], beat, beaten, bleary, burned-out (or burnt-out), bushed, dead, done, drained, exhausted, fatigued, jaded, knackered [British], limp, logy (also loggy), played out, pooped [slang], prostrate, tapped out, tired, tuckered (out), washed-out, wearied, weary, wiped out, worn, worn-out
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The fuel transfer project has already resulted in 29 of the canisters being loaded with spent nuclear fuel. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "San Onofre owners, contractor and regulators face new lawsuit over fuel storage plan," 30 Aug. 2019 Now, another potential storage site has emerged to store spent fuel rods from U.S. power plants. — National Geographic, "All spent nuclear fuel in the U.S. will soon end up in one place," 30 July 2019 That error created the later German myth that its spent army was never really vanquished but had merely given up the offensive in enemy territory. — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, "The Lessons of the Versailles Treaty," 25 July 2019 China is already a spent force in the global savings glut: its current-account surplus has dwindled to next to nothing. — The Economist, "The long-term decline in bond yields enters a new phase," 5 June 2019 By the summer of 2017, the Left Trolls were mostly a spent force. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Why Facebook banned Alex Jones — and Twitter didn’t," 11 Aug. 2018 Family and friends spent days trying to contact Eastman, to no avail. — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, "Missing Wash. Teen Found Dead — and Childhood Friend Charged in Sex Assault, Beating Death," 3 July 2018 Caving and diving experts from the U.S., China, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Thailand’s own version of the Navy SEALS had all spent days trying to reach the team. — J. Weston Phippen, Outside Online, "The Thai Soccer Team Trapped in a Cave Was Found Alive," 2 July 2018 Turns out back in the day, pancakes were often just a way to use up old, spent bread starter. — Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News, "Alaskana recipe: Sourdough pancakes," 27 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'spent.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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