spent (EN)

adjective

adjective “spent”

1. used up, exhausted, or depleted
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   After hiking all day in the mountains, they were completely spent and needed to rest.
2. (of a fish) exhausted after spawning
   The salmon become spent after their arduous journey upstream to lay eggs.
3. (UK) of a law or legal document, no longer in force
   Once the new law came into effect, the previous regulations were considered spent.
4. (UK, of a criminal conviction) no longer appearing on one's criminal record
   After the required time had passed, his spent convictions no longer appeared on background checks.