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starvation

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


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

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

I know of no other document that describes so vividly not only starvation, bombardment, arrests, surveillance and crowding, but also the stench and disgust of daily life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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

Jack’s fear was not typhus, since he had already had a light case, but starvation.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren




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