starvation

Noun

Meaning

The act of starving, or the state of being starved.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

starving need want famine hunger malnutrition emaciation deprivation malnourishment undernourishment lack of food food shortage lack desire poverty
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Antonyms

pap commissariat have full food alimentation
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Hypernyms

hunger privation deprivation hungriness

Phrases with the word

oxygen starvation starvation acidosis the great starvation die of starvation starvation marrow

Examples

the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender Source: Internet

they were charged with the starvation of children in their care Source: Internet

“3% of US military spending could end starvation on earth.” Source: Internet

A besieging army, encamped in possibly squalid field conditions and dependent on the countryside and its own supply lines for food, could very well be threatened with the disease and starvation intended for the besieged. Source: Internet

According to the USHMM, by the winter of 1941, "starvation and disease resulted in mass death of unimaginable proportions". Source: Internet

After d'Iberville's invasion in 1704, records show Nevis’ sugar industry in ruins and a decimated population begging the English Parliament and relatives for loans and monetary assistance to stave off island-wide starvation. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Staruh Starukh starvate starvation acidosis starvation marrow starvation wage