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单词 starvation
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Definition of starvation in English:

starvation

noun stɑːˈveɪʃnˌstɑrˈveɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • Suffering or death caused by lack of food.

    thousands died of starvation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dundee specialised in garrotting and Aberdeen used starvation - it was cheaper.
    • The government was the chief agency that offered work for the poor and saved them from starvation.
    • Their remaining options were sleeping on the streets, prostitution, crime and starvation.
    • We are pretty sure that hundreds of thousands of people died of starvation during those years.
    • Most of them died of starvation, disease or brutality at the hands of the prison authorities.
    Synonyms
    extreme hunger, lack of food, famine, want, undernourishment, malnourishment, fasting
    deprivation of food
    death from lack of food

Definition of starvation in US English:

starvation

nounˌstɑrˈveɪʃ(ə)nˌstärˈvāSH(ə)n
  • Suffering or death caused by hunger.

    thousands died of starvation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The government was the chief agency that offered work for the poor and saved them from starvation.
    • Most of them died of starvation, disease or brutality at the hands of the prison authorities.
    • Their remaining options were sleeping on the streets, prostitution, crime and starvation.
    • Dundee specialised in garrotting and Aberdeen used starvation - it was cheaper.
    • We are pretty sure that hundreds of thousands of people died of starvation during those years.
    Synonyms
    extreme hunger, lack of food, famine, want, undernourishment, malnourishment, fasting
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