starvation
/stɑːˈveɪʃn
/noun [mass noun]
Suffering or death caused by lack of food: thousands died of starvation...
- Most of them died of starvation, disease or brutality at the hands of the prison authorities.
- Their remaining options were sleeping on the streets, prostitution, crime and starvation.
- Dundee specialised in garrotting and Aberdeen used starvation - it was cheaper.
Synonyms
extreme hunger, lack of food, famine, want, undernourishment, malnourishment, fasting;
deprivation of food;
death from lack of food