starvation
noun/stɑːˈveɪʃn/
/stɑːrˈveɪʃn/
[uncountable]- the state in which somebody suffers or dies because they have no food
- to die of/from starvation
- Millions will face starvation next year as a result of the drought.
- a starvation diet (= one in which you do not have much to eat)
- The pilot had lost consciousness because of oxygen starvation.
- They were on starvation wages (= extremely low wages).
- The workers lived in poor conditions and were paid starvation wages.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- prolonged
- slow
- mass
- …
- be threatened with
- face
- suffer from
- …
- diet
- rations
- wages
- …
- death by starvation
- death from starvation
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