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suffering or death caused by having nothing to eat or not enough to eat; the condition of someone who is starving
The famine brought mass starvation. Millions of people face starvation every day. They died from starvation.
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Recent Examples of starvation
In the three-volume book, Solzhenitsyn offered a sweeping story of the Soviet prison system—from arrest to torture, execution, starvation and long hours of toil in the camps.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2024
While in the starvation bunker, Kolbe led the others in prayer.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
Under starvation conditions, when the biofilm doesn’t have enough food to feed everybody, a subset of the bacteria there decide to just destroy themselves and serve as nutrients for the other bacteria that are surviving.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Her concerns about touch starvation or being desired are coolly shrugged off with lush woodwinds and melodies equally fit for ’70s AM radio and Sirius XMU.
—Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2024
While in the starvation bunker, Kolbe led the others in prayer.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
Under starvation conditions, when the biofilm doesn’t have enough food to feed everybody, a subset of the bacteria there decide to just destroy themselves and serve as nutrients for the other bacteria that are surviving.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Her concerns about touch starvation or being desired are coolly shrugged off with lush woodwinds and melodies equally fit for ’70s AM radio and Sirius XMU.
—Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starvation
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My prediction is that the Celtics will win back-to-back titles and not have the same hunger to begin next season.James L. Edwards III, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Humanitarian aid dwindles, prices soar, and hunger tightens its grip.Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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Despite a long history as an agricultural trade hub, Madani has been marked by experts as an area at risk of famine due to the blockades imposed as part of the conflict.Reuters, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
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Last year, seven people working for World Central Kitchen were killed by Israeli airstrikes while working in Gaza, drawing attention to the risk of famine during the war and the dangers facing aid workers.Zach Montague, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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Widespread malnutrition after a year of dwindling food supplies is another factor making this winter deadly.Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
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The researchers also observed signs on the bones that the child was suffering from a disease around the time of death—possibly scurvy—or malnutrition.Newsweek, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Starvation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starvation. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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