starvation /stɑɚˈveɪʃən/ noun Learner's definition of STARVATION
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: suffering or death caused by having nothing to eat or not enough to eat : the condition of someone who is starving饥饿；饿死 -
The famine brought mass starvation.饥荒使很多人饿死。
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Millions of people face starvation every day.每天，数百万人面临着饥饿。
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They died from/of starvation.他们死于饥饿。