starvation
noun
star·va·tion
stär-ˈvā-shən 
Examples of starvation in a Sentence
The famine brought mass starvation.
Millions of people face starvation every day.
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According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, at least thirty-two Palestinians, including twenty-eight children, had died of malnutrition or starvation at Gaza’s hospitals.
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David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
After more than 700 days of war, 455 Palestinians have died of malnutrition or starvation, including 151 children, the health ministry in Gaza reported on October 1.
—Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Not from deliberate starvation, but from scarcity.
—Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Since 2017, Myanmar’s military has killed tens of thousands of Rohingya and exiled hundreds of thousands more to neighboring Bangladesh; in early 2025, the junta cut off food and supplies to the 130,000 Rohingya in Myanmar living in prison-like refugee camps, leading to starvation and disease.
—Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
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David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
After more than 700 days of war, 455 Palestinians have died of malnutrition or starvation, including 151 children, the health ministry in Gaza reported on October 1.
—Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Not from deliberate starvation, but from scarcity.
—Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Since 2017, Myanmar’s military has killed tens of thousands of Rohingya and exiled hundreds of thousands more to neighboring Bangladesh; in early 2025, the junta cut off food and supplies to the 130,000 Rohingya in Myanmar living in prison-like refugee camps, leading to starvation and disease.
—Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Starvation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starvation. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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starvation
noun
star·va·tion
stär-ˈvā-shən
: the act or an instance of starving : the state of being starved
Medical Definition
starvation
noun
star·va·tion
stär-ˈvā-shən
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