Starvation :  (noun)
1: a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period [syn: famishment]
2: 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" [syn: starving]

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