as in hunger
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
Public health experts estimate that the obliteration of infrastructure and corresponding starvation, lack of access to medical care and spread of infectious diseases, could bring the death toll to the hundreds of thousands.
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Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
With January's ceasefire now broken, parents in Gaza are once again cradling too-small shrouds, and families are forced to weigh starvation and displacement against bombs.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
The brothers of an 18-year-old who police say died of starvation and dehydration while strapped to a bed have been arrested, according to news outlets.
—Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2025
The Associated Press reported that Zinna likely died of dehydration and starvation after Arakawa died.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
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Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
With January's ceasefire now broken, parents in Gaza are once again cradling too-small shrouds, and families are forced to weigh starvation and displacement against bombs.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
The brothers of an 18-year-old who police say died of starvation and dehydration while strapped to a bed have been arrested, according to news outlets.
—Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2025
The Associated Press reported that Zinna likely died of dehydration and starvation after Arakawa died.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starvation
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Citing the latest analysis examining the worsening hunger crisis, the group noted that the number of Haitians internally displaced by gang attacks has increased by 48% between June and December of last year, and 300,000 more Haitians now face worsening levels of hunger.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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Tell me about where that hunger is coming from a little bit more.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Sudan’s government even denies that a famine is underway.—
Declan Walsh,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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The nation is facing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, with hundreds of thousands of people suffering from famine, according to the United Nations.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
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Action in every part of the world will be needed to keep pushing malnutrition toward zero.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Mary’s cause of death was found to be protein-calorie malnutrition, an apparent result of her prolonged starvation in the county jail.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Starvation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starvation. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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