starvation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Severe suffering or death caused by not having enough food.

   Thousands of people died of starvation during the famine.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of deliberately depriving people of food.

   The army used starvation to force the city to surrender.

3. 3
   noun

   A severe shortage of something needed to work properly.

   Engine failure can result from fuel starvation.

From starve + -ation.

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