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starvation

[ stahr-vey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act or state of starving; condition of being starved.


adjective

  1. liable or seeming to cause starving:

    a starvation diet.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of starvation1

First recorded in 1770–80; starve + -ation
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This month, whales have died in Long Beach and Huntington Beach from the toxin and dozens of pelicans have become ill, with their offspring on the brink of starvation.

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"Any use of starvation of the civilian population as a method of war constitutes a war crime, and so do all forms of collective punishment," Volker Türk warned.

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How did the world get to a place where the collective punishment of starvation is used as leverage to shape the terms of a ceasefire?

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During the press conference in Doha, Sheikh Mohammed condemned what he described as Israel's "starvation" policy.

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A necropsy revealed that Zinna died of dehydration and starvation due to being confined.

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