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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 aftermath of the 2018 Woolsey Fire, lions struggled to hunt, faced starvation and transversed wider and wider swaths of habitat, frequently risking road crossings.
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Anton Sorokin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
The decaying, emaciated bodies of young men covered in the brutal scars of torture and starvation.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Jan. 2025
This is unlike adipocytes, which, in obesity, will fill their lipid vacuoles and grow in size or empty them and shrink during periods of starvation.
—New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025
The survivors told us about their parents and grandparents, their spouses, their siblings, their children, their friends, their neighbors who died of starvation in ghetto streets or of typhus in a concentration camp barrack, or whose corpses rose toward heaven from a crematorium.
—Menachem Z. Rosensaft, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
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Anton Sorokin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
The decaying, emaciated bodies of young men covered in the brutal scars of torture and starvation.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Jan. 2025
This is unlike adipocytes, which, in obesity, will fill their lipid vacuoles and grow in size or empty them and shrink during periods of starvation.
—New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025
The survivors told us about their parents and grandparents, their spouses, their siblings, their children, their friends, their neighbors who died of starvation in ghetto streets or of typhus in a concentration camp barrack, or whose corpses rose toward heaven from a crematorium.
—Menachem Z. Rosensaft, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starvation
Noun
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Eating enough protein at breakfast or any meal can help control your hunger and reduce your overall calorie intake.5 High-protein breakfast options include eggs, Greek yogurt, whole grains like oats, and high-protein waffles or pancakes.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
26 Feb. 2025
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Across our nation, supporters not only celebrate the program, but help secure funding, while raising awareness of senior hunger, food insecurities, and malnutrition among our elderly.—
Wendy Coschignano-Ford,
Orlando Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In the first half of the 16th century, the region experienced years of intense heat and droughts which negatively affected crops and led to famine.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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The first half of the 16th century was marked by extreme weather events, including hot summers and severe droughts — particularly between 1527 and 1544 — that devastated agriculture and led to famine.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
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About 34% of children living in Zamzam camp suffer from acute malnutrition—more than twice the emergency threshold—according to an MSF survey conducted in the fall.—
Avery Schmitz, Aleena Fayaz and Kaila Nichols,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article A Norwalk man arrested Thursday on manslaughter and other charges has been accused of neglecting an infant that was found to be suffering from malnutrition, leading to the child’s death last June.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Starvation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starvation. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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