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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
The news release warned that starvation is the most common result, occurring when lines restrict food intake by wrapping around an animal's neck or accumulating in its stomach.
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Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2024
This causes malnutrition, which can lead to severe consequences like organ damage, starvation, and sometimes fatal complications like cardiac arrest.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 6 Nov. 2024
Many feral cats rely on food scraps, garbage, or deliberate feeding by well-meaning individuals, which buffers them from natural selection pressures like starvation.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a reminder of how Indigenous people saved the first colonists from starvation at Plymouth Rock in 1621.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
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Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2024
This causes malnutrition, which can lead to severe consequences like organ damage, starvation, and sometimes fatal complications like cardiac arrest.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 6 Nov. 2024
Many feral cats rely on food scraps, garbage, or deliberate feeding by well-meaning individuals, which buffers them from natural selection pressures like starvation.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a reminder of how Indigenous people saved the first colonists from starvation at Plymouth Rock in 1621.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starvation
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The younger Blanchard says her hunger for family bonding pre-dates her incarceration.Scarlett Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Perseverance is also key; hunger may be challenging at first.Matt Fuchs, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
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The committees aim to establish secure aid convoys, which often face challenges such as looting, hoarding and profiteering in their efforts to deliver humanitarian supplies to Palestinians facing the risk of famine.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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How Is the Humanitarian Crisis Unfolding? Gaza's situation has reached dire levels, with U.N. experts warning of famine.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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This area of the DRC is highly fragile from a health perspective, with 40 percent of residents suffering from malnutrition, and access to medical care being difficult for many, with medicines in short supply.Marta Musso, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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Nearly 19,000 children have been hospitalized for acute malnutrition in the past four months alone.Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Starvation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starvation. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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