starvation
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4.7
- noun
- /stɑrˈveɪʃən/
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inanición
- The report highlighted that thousands are at risk of starvation due to the ongoing drought.
- die of starvation
- deaths from starvation
- starvation and malnutrition
They were subjected to rape, to starvation, to dehydration.
- They were subjected to rape, to starvation, to dehydration.
- You've mentioned the starvation as a result of war.
- Many people describe mass starvation going on now in North Korea.
- And they're essentially left to die of starvation and thirst.
- Or I'm afraid of starvation, or I'd hate to go to bed hungry.
- He says my wife and kids and family have all died of starvation and I will too.
- But if you're on the verge of starvation, guess what?
- Russia would lose most of its population from starvation in a case like this.
- The past two weeks had seen him risk arrest, death and starvation to cross a sea and a continent.
- So that the natural state of humankind is is bordering on starvation and dying.
- They went round and round until they literally dropped dead from starvation and exhaustion.
- Great, now I'm going to die of starvation down here.
- Armenia is in ruins and partial starvation.
- More people survive and don't die of starvation.
- You cannot like eat and you die from starvation.
Examples
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Russia would lose most of its population from starvation in a case like this.
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Facing starvation, they decided to return south but a headstrong young man had other ideas.
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About half later die from starvation or disease.
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So I think starvation is the most serious problem.
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Even more died from disease and starvation, and no great wealth was found.
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Many people describe mass starvation going on now in North Korea.
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Forty children per minute die from starvation while 25 million dollars per minute are spent on arms.
Academic text (1993) -
Finally, as the only alternative to starvation, she went to work in a brothel.
Fiction book (1991) -
Suffering from snow blindness and near starvation.
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And they're essentially left to die of starvation and thirst.
Synonyms
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1.0
A feeling of weakness and discomfort when you need food
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4.8
Not having enough food and nutrients to be healthy and grow
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6.0
A lack of enough food and the nutrients a body needs for good health
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5.7
A lack of enough food to grow or be healthy
Very strong hunger for a long time that makes people very weak
A state of having less food than the body needs but not completely without food
Very strong hunger that makes you want to eat a lot
A strong need for food that makes you want to eat
Antonyms
Compounds
A period of mass hunger in Ireland from 1846 to 1851 that causes many people to leave
- Specialized
A build up of acid in the body when you don't eat and fat breaks down
How Hungry
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Starvation comes from the verb starve, which comes from an old English word steorfan meaning 'to die'. So starvation means severe hunger that can cause death because of 'lack of food', and it is not related to star in the sky, which helps you remember how dangerous extreme hunger can be.