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star·va·tion

starvation

 
pronunciation:
star veI shn
part of speech: noun
definition: If someone dies from starvation, they die from not eating enough food.
There was little food in the city at the end of the war, and many people died from starvation.The terrible famine caused starvation across the whole region.
similar words:
famine