starvation

[star·va·tion]

Starvation is what happens if you don’t eat for days or weeks and your body starts to shut down. Extreme poverty, drought and other dire circumstances can contribute to starvation.

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The act of starving, or the state of being starved.

Noun
the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the beseigers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"

Noun
a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

n.
The act of starving, or the state of being starved.

Starvation

Star*va"tion , n. The act of starving, or the state of being starved. &hand; This word was first used, according to Horace Walpole, by Henry Dundas, the first Lord Melville, in a speech on American affairs in 1775, which obtained for him the nickname of Starvation Dundas. "Starvation, we are also told, belongs to the class of 'vile compounds' from being a mongrel; as if English were not full of mongrels, and if it would not be in distressing straits without them." Fitzed. Hall.

The act of starving, or the state of being starved.

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Usage Examples

Death by starvation is slow.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.