Starvation
noun
The condition of not getting enough food to eat.
Thousands of people may die of starvation if aid doesn't reach them in time.
Often appears as...
- die of starvation
- on the brink of starvation
noun
The state of not getting something that you need or want for a long time.
The plant's leaves were turning yellow due to water starvation.
Often appears as...
- starvation diet
- starvation wages
noun
In computing, a situation where a system or process cannot access necessary resources.
The software encountered thread starvation and was unable to continue processing requests.
Often appears as...
- thread starvation
- cpu starvation
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noun
The condition of not getting enough food to eat.
Thousands of people may die of starvation if aid doesn't reach them in time.
Often appears as...
- die of starvation
- on the brink of starvation
noun
The state of not getting something that you need or want for a long time.
The plant's leaves were turning yellow due to water starvation.
Often appears as...
- starvation diet
- starvation wages
noun
In computing, a situation where a system or process cannot access necessary resources.
The software encountered thread starvation and was unable to continue processing requests.
Often appears as...
- thread starvation
- cpu starvation
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Formal
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Severity
Starvation represents an extreme level of hunger, often associated with suffering.
Relief agencies are battling to prevent starvation in the war-torn region.
Pro Tip 2/3Humanitarian Crisis
Often used in contexts of poverty, disasters, and conflicts, highlighting urgent needs.
International organizations are working to address the starvation caused by the drought.
Pro Tip 3/3Euphemism
Sometimes used as a euphemism for 'death from lack of food'.
Families in the area are facing starvation amidst the crop failures.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity
Starvation represents an extreme level of hunger, often associated with suffering.
Relief agencies are battling to prevent starvation in the war-torn region.
Pro Tip 2/3Humanitarian Crisis
Often used in contexts of poverty, disasters, and conflicts, highlighting urgent needs.
International organizations are working to address the starvation caused by the drought.
Pro Tip 3/3Euphemism
Sometimes used as a euphemism for 'death from lack of food'.
Families in the area are facing starvation amidst the crop failures.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity
Starvation represents an extreme level of hunger, often associated with suffering.
Relief agencies are battling to prevent starvation in the war-torn region.
Pro Tip 2/3Humanitarian Crisis
Often used in contexts of poverty, disasters, and conflicts, highlighting urgent needs.
International organizations are working to address the starvation caused by the drought.
Pro Tip 3/3Euphemism
Sometimes used as a euphemism for 'death from lack of food'.
Families in the area are facing starvation amidst the crop failures.
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A cleanse won't detox...
because you aren't eating much. At worst, you could go into starvation mode. You could throw off your electrolyte balance, not to mention disrupt your intestinal flora and bowel function. Clearly, having a healthy liver is extremely important. The best things you can don't smoke, eat a balanced diet, exercise regularly and get lots of sleep,
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Inside the killer whale...
With each passing year, her contributions become more overfishing and habitat destruction have decimated salmon populations, putting the whales at near-constant risk of starvation. These grandmothers’ expertise can mean the difference between life and death for their families–
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History's deadliest king...
They also used this practice as punishment. If rubber quotas weren’t met, soldiers would sever people’s hands and bring them to their commanders instead of rubber. The regime dramatically upended daily life and agriculture, causing widespread starvation and disease.
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Innovating to zero! PIPE...
The climate getting worse means that many years, their crops won't there will be too much rain, not enough rain; things will change in ways their fragile environment simply can't support. And that leads to starvation, it leads to uncertainty, it leads to unrest.
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The infamous overpopulati...
for the question they were debating, anyway. As for the question itself, today, their focus on overpopulation represent a snapshot of history. Our understanding of what causes starvation and famine has we have the resources to support a growing human population,
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Cannibalism in the...
was a rare response to starvation or other extreme stress. Well-known cannibals, like the praying mantis and black widow spider, were considered bizarre exceptions. But now, we know they more or less represent the rule. While it may seem counterproductive
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Why dieting doesn't...
When food was scarce, our ancestors' survival depended on conserving energy, and regaining the weight when food was available would have protected them against the next shortage. Over the course of human history, starvation has been a much bigger problem
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Hope for the Congo PIPE ...
particularly in the last 15 years about five and a half million people have died who otherwise would not have from from conflict and conflict related causes mostly starvation and present a preventable disease so that's five and a
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The Dangers of Marine...
some creature in nature albatross chicks typically die from either starvation or dehydration and that's kind of the way it's always been plastics help this process along by taking up room in their stomachs that
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Alaska Twins Live Off...
more cruel for an animal to die in a trap than it is to be crushed in the jaws of a wolf or died over a period of a month of starvation that is life in the bush we really feel very strongly
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A cleanse won't detox...
because you aren't eating much. At worst, you could go into starvation mode. You could throw off your electrolyte balance, not to mention disrupt your intestinal flora and bowel function. Clearly, having a healthy liver is extremely important. The best things you can don't smoke, eat a balanced diet, exercise regularly and get lots of sleep,
Video examples
Inside the killer whale...
With each passing year, her contributions become more overfishing and habitat destruction have decimated salmon populations, putting the whales at near-constant risk of starvation. These grandmothers’ expertise can mean the difference between life and death for their families–
Video examples
History's deadliest king...
They also used this practice as punishment. If rubber quotas weren’t met, soldiers would sever people’s hands and bring them to their commanders instead of rubber. The regime dramatically upended daily life and agriculture, causing widespread starvation and disease.
Video examples
Innovating to zero! PIPE...
The climate getting worse means that many years, their crops won't there will be too much rain, not enough rain; things will change in ways their fragile environment simply can't support. And that leads to starvation, it leads to uncertainty, it leads to unrest.
Video examples
The infamous overpopulati...
for the question they were debating, anyway. As for the question itself, today, their focus on overpopulation represent a snapshot of history. Our understanding of what causes starvation and famine has we have the resources to support a growing human population,
Video examples
Cannibalism in the...
was a rare response to starvation or other extreme stress. Well-known cannibals, like the praying mantis and black widow spider, were considered bizarre exceptions. But now, we know they more or less represent the rule. While it may seem counterproductive
Video examples
Why dieting doesn't...
When food was scarce, our ancestors' survival depended on conserving energy, and regaining the weight when food was available would have protected them against the next shortage. Over the course of human history, starvation has been a much bigger problem
Video examples
Hope for the Congo PIPE ...
particularly in the last 15 years about five and a half million people have died who otherwise would not have from from conflict and conflict related causes mostly starvation and present a preventable disease so that's five and a
Video examples
The Dangers of Marine...
some creature in nature albatross chicks typically die from either starvation or dehydration and that's kind of the way it's always been plastics help this process along by taking up room in their stomachs that
Video examples
Alaska Twins Live Off...
more cruel for an animal to die in a trap than it is to be crushed in the jaws of a wolf or died over a period of a month of starvation that is life in the bush we really feel very strongly
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Glennon Doyle Melton
American Author
I just think that if we are going to call ourselves pro-life, we must also agree that starvation and poverty and disease and immigration and health care for all and war and peace and the environment are also pro-life issues.
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Alice Walker
American Author
I consider the fact that thousands of children die each day from starvation and a lack of medicine a crisis for humanity and a problem we must collectively attempt to solve.
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William Henry Danforth
American Scientist
I think with the needs to feed the world's population, to end starvation, plant sciences offer great opportunities to do good and also to develop industry in St. Louis.
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Jacob Epstein
British Sculptor
My parents did not discourage me but could not understand how I could make a living by art. Their idea of an artist was a person who was condemned to starvation.
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Anne Hathaway
American Actress
I was on a starvation diet to look like I was near death in a film... but I went at it with a plan, and I had a guide; a nutritionist kind of helped me with it.
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Jonathan Ross
British Entertainer
Fortunately, this is not something that we see a lot of. Very rarely do you see a dog in this terrible shape from starvation. People just aren't that cruel.
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Lewis Mumford
American Sociologist
Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product.
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Jordan Peterson
Canadian Psychologist
I happen to be a big fan of Western civilization; I think it beats the hell out of tyranny and starvation.
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Emily Atack
British Actress
Some bloke said to me in a restaurant whilst I was eating my dinner, 'No, stop. Starvation suits you.
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Mary Hunter Austin
American Writer
Death by starvation is slow.
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Glennon Doyle Melton
American Author
I just think that if we are going to call ourselves pro-life, we must also agree that starvation and poverty and disease and immigration and health care for all and war and peace and the environment are also pro-life issues.
Quote examples
Alice Walker
American Author
I consider the fact that thousands of children die each day from starvation and a lack of medicine a crisis for humanity and a problem we must collectively attempt to solve.
Quote examples
William Henry Danforth
American Scientist
I think with the needs to feed the world's population, to end starvation, plant sciences offer great opportunities to do good and also to develop industry in St. Louis.
Quote examples
Jacob Epstein
British Sculptor
My parents did not discourage me but could not understand how I could make a living by art. Their idea of an artist was a person who was condemned to starvation.
Quote examples
Anne Hathaway
American Actress
I was on a starvation diet to look like I was near death in a film... but I went at it with a plan, and I had a guide; a nutritionist kind of helped me with it.
Quote examples
Jonathan Ross
British Entertainer
Fortunately, this is not something that we see a lot of. Very rarely do you see a dog in this terrible shape from starvation. People just aren't that cruel.
Quote examples
Lewis Mumford
American Sociologist
Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product.
Quote examples
Jordan Peterson
Canadian Psychologist
I happen to be a big fan of Western civilization; I think it beats the hell out of tyranny and starvation.
Quote examples
Emily Atack
British Actress
Some bloke said to me in a restaurant whilst I was eating my dinner, 'No, stop. Starvation suits you.
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Mary Hunter Austin
American Writer
Death by starvation is slow.
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