starvation
/stɑɹˈveɪʃən/ noun B2- A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.
- Severe shortage of resources.
- A state where a process is perpetually denied necessary resources to process its work.
Plural starvations
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“Why, of downright starvation.”
“Starvation!” exclaimed the abbé, springing from his seat.
Alas, it is not the death of the body I regret; for is not the destruction of the vital principle, the repose to which everything is tending, to which every unhappy being aspires,—is not this the repose of matter after which I so long sighed, and which I was seeking to attain by the painful process of starvation when Faria appeared in my dungeon?
He, who for so long a time had forgotten God, began to think that miracles were possible—that the accursed cavern might be discovered by the officers of the Papal States, who would release him; that then he would have 50,000 remaining, which would be sufficient to save him from starvation; and finally he prayed that this sum might be preserved to him, and as he prayed he wept.
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