Distress and Starvation

Distress

Distress noun - A state of great suffering of body or mind.

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Starvation and distress are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Starvation" instead a noun "Distress".

Starvation noun - The act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine.

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Distress and starvation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distress" instead a noun "Starvation".

Nearby Words: starve, starved, starving

emotional	emotional distress	emotional starvation
constant	constant distress	constant starvation
severe	severe distress	severe starvation
massive	massive distress	massive starvation
Other adjectives: downright, extreme, little, bad, partial, continual, psychological, less, resulting.

Jim survives, all the main characters survive the mansion assault at the end, the infected begin to die off from starvation, and a passing jet sees their distress message laid out in the grass and radios in a rescue.

Source: Film / 28 Days Later
The Kingdom: Bretonnia, although they aren't defenseless by any means, and whilst possessing knights in shining armour and damsels in distress there's a lot of oppressed peasants taxed almost to (or sometimes past) starvation (ridiculous 90% taxes!) to pay for armour polish and gowns.

Source: Tabletop Game / Warhammer

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