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noun a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
noun the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
originEtymology tree English starve Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English starvation From starve + -ation.
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