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starvation

noun as in hunger

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As he breathes in the sea air, such freedom felt distant earlier this year as he fought starvation, abuse and violence.

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"But my head hurt and I had pain in my stomach from starvation."

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Tests following Penelope's death indicated "starvation over a prolonged period of many months culminating in fatal ketoacidosis", Mr McGhee said.

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“Because she’s saved them out of misery and starvation and begging.”

Nothing, he said, could justify their collective punishment, starvation or any form of ethnic cleansing.

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