: suffering or death caused by having nothing to eat or not enough to eat : the condition of someone who is starving
The famine brought mass starvation.
Millions of people face starvation every day.
They died from/of starvation.
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“Starvation.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/starvation. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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