slow starvation

collocation in English

meaningsofslowandstarvation

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slow
adjective
uk
/sləʊ/us
/sloʊ/
moving, happening, or doing something without ...
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starvation
noun[U]
uk
/stɑːˈveɪ.ʃən/us
/stɑːrˈveɪ.ʃən/
the state of having no food for a long period, often ...
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(Definition ofslowandstarvationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On the 1,500 calories ration, it is a question ofslowstarvation.
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It is no good our patting ourselves on the back for the 1,500 level, either, because that is only aslowstarvationlevel.
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If the wages of sin are death, then the wages in this industry areslowstarvation.
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From rather rapid starvation we have come to ratherslowstarvation.
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Let us bear in mind, however, that that is nothing very great; that is still what the authorities considerslowstarvationlevel.
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We ran at that time the risk of defeat byslowstarvation.
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We have brought the threat of war as well as that ofslowstarvationto the doors of each one of us.
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If he goes out on strike, he may find, after the strike is over, that he has to faceslowstarvation.
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We must, too, face the important fact that it is only by theslowstarvationof its inhabitants that he will enforce surrender.
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Assassination and dying in battle are preferable toslowstarvation, which was the lot of many people who were trying to make a living by milk production.
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Unfortunately, those slow lines entailslowstarvation.
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It is practicallyslowstarvation.
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In the past year think of the millions at risk ofslowstarvation, disease and stunted physical and mental development as a result of conflict in the third world.
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Antiochus is tempted to reject even the prison fare, but concludes that his cause would not be served byslowstarvation.
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However, the harvester is presumably being used by its creators, and destroying it might be tantamount to condemning that civilization toslowstarvationand death.
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