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    starvation

    US /stɑ:rˈveɪʃn/

    ・

    UK /stɑ:ˈveɪʃn/

    B1
    n. (u.)Uncountable NounExtreme hunger; death from lack of food
    The starvation of little children should not happen

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    How the “lost cities” of the Amazon were finally found

    06:55How the “lost cities” of the Amazon were finally found
    • Most ended in starvation, disease, and death.

      Most ended in starvation, disease, and death.

    B1

    Iran's president, several officials die in helicopter crash

    02:23Iran's president, several officials die in helicopter crash
    • After the two countries traded airstrikes last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing a separate crisis as the International Criminal Court announced today it's seeking to arrest him and Israel's defense minister on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for civilian attacks and starvation in Gaza.

      After the two countries traded airstrikes last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing a separate crisis as the International Criminal Court announced today it's seeking to arrest him and Israel's defense minister on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for civilian attacks and starvation in Gaza.

    • for civilian attacks and starvation in Gaza.

      for civilian attacks and starvation in Gaza.

    B1

    Capitalism and Socialism: Crash Course World History #33

    14:03Capitalism and Socialism: Crash Course World History #33
    • You can see how this positive feedback loop leads to more food and more stuff, culminating in a world where people have so much stuff that we must rent space to store it and so much food that obesity has become a bigger killer than starvation.

      You can see how this positive feedback loop leads to more food and more stuff, culminating in a world where people have so much stuff that we must rent space to store it and so much food that obesity has become a bigger killer than starvation.

    • that obesity has become a bigger killer than starvation.

      that obesity has become a bigger killer than starvation.

    B1

    What If You Stopped Eating?

    03:31What If You Stopped Eating?
    • Starvation can lead to death in as short as 3 weeks or up to 70 days as documented during the Irish hunger strikes in 1981

      Starvation can lead to death in as short as 3 weeks or up to 70 days as documented during the Irish hunger strikes in 1981

    B1

    Food crisis in North Korea | March 7, 2023

    10:01Food crisis in North Korea | March 7, 2023
    • Experts say that North Korea's chronic food shortages are growing and so is the number of citizens potentially dying due to starvation.

      Experts say that North Korea's chronic food shortages are growing and so is the number of citizens potentially dying due to starvation.

    • a famine that caused mass starvation, killing hundreds of thousands of people.

      a famine that caused mass starvation, killing hundreds of thousands of people.

    B1

    New documentary explores real-life "Truman Show" in Japan

    08:29New documentary explores real-life "Truman Show" in Japan
    • Producers venom crackers to prevent starvation what day.

      Producers venom crackers to prevent starvation what day.

    • Producers fed him crackers to prevent starvation.

      Producers fed him crackers to prevent starvation.

    B1

    Why is the US silent about the starvation in Gaza? CNN NewsNight panel debates

    08:06Why is the US silent about the starvation in Gaza? CNN NewsNight panel debates
    • I mean, in November of last year, the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu for the war crime of starvation.

      I mean, in November of last year, the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu for the war crime of starvation.

    • It is our weapons that enforce this starvation.

      It is our weapons that enforce this starvation.

    B1

    Gaza's hunger crisis: What it is like on the ground, and what comes next | DW News

    20:25Gaza's hunger crisis: What it is like on the ground, and what comes next | DW News
    • This comes after more than 100 international aid agencies warned of what they described as mass starvation across the Gaza Strip.

      This comes after more than 100 international aid agencies warned of what they described as mass starvation across the Gaza Strip.

    • At Gaza's few remaining hospitals, new cases of severe malnutrition and starvation are arriving every day.

      At Gaza's few remaining hospitals, new cases of severe malnutrition and starvation are arriving every day.

    B1

    Your Brain HATES You Losing Weight, Here's Why... : Giles Yeo

    09:34Your Brain HATES You Losing Weight, Here's Why... : Giles Yeo
    • They want to make sure that their poor people don't die of starvation.

      They want to make sure that their poor people don't die of starvation.

    • People don't die of starvation.

      People don't die of starvation.

    B1

    What North Korean Defectors Think Of North Korea | ASIAN BOSS

    19:20What North Korean Defectors Think Of North Korea | ASIAN BOSS
    • I didn't know when i was going to die of starvation.

      I didn't know when i was going to die of starvation.

    A2