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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 dog likely died of starvation and dehydration, according to a report obtained by The Associated Press.
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Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025
Zinna, a 12-year-old Australian kelpie mix, likely died of dehydration and starvation, according to a New Mexico Department of Agriculture veterinary lab report.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa Hackman's dog likely died from dehydration and starvation, according to a report obtained by The Associated Press.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
Dictator Josef Stalin killed between six and nine million Soviet citizens through executions, starvation and imprisonment.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
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Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025
Zinna, a 12-year-old Australian kelpie mix, likely died of dehydration and starvation, according to a New Mexico Department of Agriculture veterinary lab report.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa Hackman's dog likely died from dehydration and starvation, according to a report obtained by The Associated Press.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
Dictator Josef Stalin killed between six and nine million Soviet citizens through executions, starvation and imprisonment.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starvation
Noun
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Millions of children across the globe will suffer from hunger and disease because Trump would rather see tons of food from American farmers rot on the docks than shipped to where they are desperately needed.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Mar. 2025
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The New York Times visited five new data center campuses in California, Utah, Texas and Oklahoma and spoke with more than 50 executives, engineers, entrepreneurs and electricians to tell the story of the tech industry’s insatiable hunger for this new kind of computing.—
Cade Metz,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2025
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The war, which has wrecked the capital and other urban cities, has claimed the lives of more than 28,000 people, forced millions more to flee their homes, and left some families eating grass in a desperate attempt to survive as famine sweeps parts of the country.—
Samy Magdy,
The Christian Science Monitor,
22 Mar. 2025
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Focusing on what benefits donor countries instead of what serves humanitarian needs in areas experiencing famine, disasters or conflicts is at odds with these principles.—
Chen Reis,
The Conversation,
21 Mar. 2025
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This life-saving peanut paste is given to children suffering severe malnutrition.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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The aid disruptions have now reportedly halted research at land grant universities in at least 13 states focused on fighting hunger and malnutrition.—
Jennifer Lotito,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Starvation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starvation. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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