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starvation [stɑːˈveɪʃən] n
a. the act or an instance of starving or state of being starved b. (as modifier) a starvation diet starvation wages ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
starvation noun lack of food, famine, malnourishment, food deprivation Over three hundred people had died of starvation. Translations starvation [stɑːˈveɪʃən] A. N → hambre f, inanición f, hambruna f (LAm) (fig) → privación f to die of starvation → morir de hambre they are threatened with starvation → les amenaza el hambre fuel starvation (Tech) → agotamiento m del combustible starvation n (act) → Hungern nt; (of besieged people) → Aushungern nt; (= condition) → Hunger m; to die of starvation → verhungern, hungers or den Hungertod sterben (geh); to live on a starvation diet → Hunger leiden; the prisoners were kept on a starvation diet for months → man ließ die Gefangenen monatelang fast verhungern; to go on a starvation diet (hum) → eine Hungerkur machen; starvation wages → Hungerlohn m, → Hungerlöhne pl starvation [stɑːˈveɪʃ/ən] n → inedia, fame f to die of starvation → morire d'inedia it might be fuel starvation (Tech) → potrebbe essere un problema di alimentazione del carburante starvation [stɑːˈveɪʃ/ən] n → inedia, fame f to die of starvation → morire d'inedia it might be fuel starvation (Tech) → potrebbe essere un problema di alimentazione del carburante How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Also, she said that I must have forgotten all that she did for me, though thereby she saved both myself and my mother from starvation, and gave us food and drink; that for two and a half years we caused her great loss; and, above all things, that she excused us what we owed her. Starvation stared me in the face, when I saw in a newspaper an advertisement addressed to me by Mr. I have witnessed the deaths of old and young, and even infants, from sheer starvation. |
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