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starvation

[stahr-vey-shuhn] / stɑrˈveɪ ʃən /
NOUN
hunger
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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The UN estimated that the conflict could push an additional 45 million people into “acute food insecurity,” which includes the risk of death as a result of starvation, bringing the total to 363 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

"Energy starvation as a coercive tool is incompatible with international human rights norms."

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

"In many places, groundwater extraction, sediment starvation, and rapid urbanization are causing land to sink much faster than previously recognized," Ohenhen said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

While a lack of food may be driving whales into the bay, it's not necessarily starvation that's killing them.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

In many cases, this doomed the refugees to starvation.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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