starvation

CEFRB2

/stɑɹˈveɪʃən/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    Extreme suffering or death caused by lack of food.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A state where a process is perpetually denied necessary resources to process its work.

Examples

  • The poor cat was on the verge of starvation.

  • When we were on the brink of starvation, they saved our lives.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Severe shortage of resources.

  2. A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.

More examples

In context

  • Meanwhile, Mr. Netanyahu’s orders to resume delivery of food aid, an abrupt about-face under intense U.S. and international pressure, came as warnings of mass starvation intensify, including from within Israel’s own security establishment.

  • Whenever multiple threads compete for a scarce resource, there is the danger of starvation, a situation in which the thread never gets the resource.

  • Fuel starvation has several causes.

Synonyms

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After weeks without food, the trapped miners faced extreme blank and weakness.

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Origin

noun

From starve + -ation.