starvation
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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; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"