famishment

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for famishment
Noun
  • Scenes from Gaza of devastation and hunger, as well as a famine declaration, have prompted outrage around the world and left Israel isolated diplomatically.
    Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
  • For those who remain, daily life is defined by loss, exhaustion, and extreme hunger.
    Muhammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Broader risk appetite Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, agreed that the bond markets could be responding to a shift in overall sentiment.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The appetite for Hamas’s return to power now feels thin among Gazans.
    Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Every time the Wild got hemmed in their zone, Gustavsson swallowed the puck in his stomach or against the Wild crest on his chest and let his teammates get a breather and line change.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • While no one mentions a diagnosis out loud, Linda’s daughter appears to be suffering from ARFID, and her refusal to eat has been persistent enough to require a stomach tube and nightly infusions of nutrients by way of a feeding pump.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Netanyahu has denied starvation is taking place in Gaza.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • 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.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Famishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/famishment. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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