Starvation
[stɑː'veɪʃn] or [stɑr'veʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; 'the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender'; 'they were charged with the starvation of children in their care'.
(noun.) a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period.
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Definition
(n.) The act of starving, or the state of being starved.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Famishment.
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Examples
- I explained that I had escaped from the Warhoons and was dying of starvation and exhaustion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- We seem to be in a pretty fix here with a splendid chance of dying of starvation and thirst. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- On the contrary, the disease gained virulence, while starvation did its accustomed work. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- That which was wild had become domesticated; regular crops took the place of haphazard gleanings from brake or prairie; the possibility of electrical starvation was forever left behind. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They were blown hither and thither for two months, until sick and dying of scurvy, starvation, and thirst, they had been wrecked on a small islet. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Semi-starvation and neglected colds had predisposed most of the pupils to receive infection: forty-five out of the eighty girls lay ill at one time. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Starvation is not the only alternative. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Simply because this discovery stands between man and starvation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Psyche