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Starvation

Starvation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Starvation? [n] 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" [n] a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period Synonyms \| Synonyms for Starvation: famishment \| starving Related Terms \| Find terms related to Starvation: See Also \| deprivation \| hunger \| hungriness \| privation Starvation In Webster's Dictionary \Star*va"tion\, n. The act of starving, or the state of being starved. Note: 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.

Starvation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Starvation?

[n] 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"
[n] a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

Synonyms | Synonyms for Starvation: famishment | starving

Related Terms | Find terms related to Starvation:

See Also | deprivation | hunger | hungriness | privation

Starvation In Webster's Dictionary

\Star*va"tion\, n.
The act of starving, or the state of being starved.

Note: 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.

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