starvation

American  

[stahr-vey-shuhn] / stɑrˈveɪ ʃən /

noun

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

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adjective

1. liable or seeming to cause starving.

   a starvation diet.

Etymology

Origin of starvation

First recorded in 1770–80; starve + -ation

Example Sentences

Unless ocean temperatures return to more tolerable levels, bleached corals are unable to recover and eventually die of starvation.

From Barron's

Crops needed to stave off starvation have been decimated.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shipper survived two concentration camps, including Auschwitz-Birkenau in occupied Poland, a death march, and the Lodz ghetto - a Jewish ghetto established by the Nazis which was plagued by disease, starvation and forced labour.

From BBC

“Once the Forest Service got involved, they had more than just a starvation issue,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Hundreds of thousands face starvation across the region, where more than 65,000 people have been displaced since October, according to the latest UN figures.

From Barron's

Related Words

• deprivation
• famine
• malnutrition