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starvation

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


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The book is about colonisation and devastation, set against a backdrop of families left to die of starvation on estates owned by British aristocrats and landowners.

From BBC • May 22, 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

In turn, Germany was pushed to the edge of starvation, despite its relative food self-sufficiency, because Britain’s counter-blockade worsened the domestic fact that horses and farmers were sent from grainfields to the battlefields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

It brought major disruption to marine ecosystems: mass die-offs of seabirds, fishery disasters, kelp degradation, whale entanglements, sea lion starvation, fish migration and harmful algal blooms, Amaya said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Each day we spent without food drove us closer and closer to starvation.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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