Synonyms for starvation
stɑrˈveɪ ʃənstar·va·tion

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1. starvation, famishmentnoun

   a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

   Synonyms:
   famishment, starving

2. starvation, starvingnoun

   the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine

   "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"

   Synonyms:
   famishment, starving

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1. starvationnoun

   Synonyms:
   famishment

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1. starvationnoun

   Synonyms:
   famishment

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1. List of paraphrases for "starvation":

   famine, hunger, fasting, hungry, fame, hambre, lakota, deprivation, starve

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How to use starvation in a sentence?

1. Abel James:

   When you’re constantly starving yourself, you kind of enter this starvation mode and we’ve become afraid of our food.

2. David Beasley:

   Because of Covid, conflict, economic deterioration, the numbers of people marching to the brink of starvation has spiked to now about 13 to 14 million people.

3. Russell Geekie:

   During a famine, death does not necessarily come from starvation, but often from disease as weakened people succumb.

4. Benjamin Silberstein:

   Of course it's at least partially about the sanctions, just look at the way the letter is worded. They want to make it sound like sanctions equals starvation so the U.S. should really be benevolent and give them up.

5. Mark Twain:

   A little starvation can really do more for the average sick man than can the best medicines and the best doctors.