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starvation

noun as in hunger

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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.

From BBC

Netanyahu has repeatedly denied starvation is taking place in Gaza and has said that where there is hunger, it is the fault of aid agencies and Hamas.

From BBC

“The Israeli government’s relentless and increasing bombardment of Gaza, the offensive of recent weeks, the starvation and devastation are utterly intolerable.”

From Salon

The Israeli government's relentless and increasing bombardment of Gaza, the offensive of recent weeks, the starvation, and devastation, are utterly intolerable.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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