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starvation   (TTS Sound)

The noun starvation has 2 senses

• starvation, famishment -- (a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period)


• starvation, starving -- (the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care")