'Starvation' definitions:

Definition of 'starvation'

(from WordNet)
noun
A state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period [syn: starvation, famishment]
noun
The act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care" [syn: starvation, starving]

Definition of 'Starvation'

From: GCIDE
  • Starvation \Star*va"tion\ (st[aum]r*v[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. The act of starving, or the state of being starved. [1913 Webster]
  • 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 as if it would not be in distressing straits without them." --Fitzed. Hall. [1913 Webster]

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