Poverty
Poverty noun - The state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions.
Starvation and poverty are semantically related. in want topic. In some cases you can use "Starvation" instead a noun "Poverty".
Starvation
Starvation noun - The act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine.
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Synonyms for Starvation
Poverty and starvation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Poverty" instead a noun "Starvation".
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How words are described
| mass | mass poverty | mass starvation |
| heavy | heavy poverty | heavy starvation |
| actual | actual poverty | actual starvation |
| perpetual | perpetual poverty | perpetual starvation |
| Other adjectives: constant, rampant, severe, massive, extreme, absolute, near, widespread, general, systematic, eternal, imminent, horrific. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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War Is Hell: Demonstrated by the town of Noringia, which has been heavily bombed and looted by Tierran forces, starvation and poverty is rampant amoung the refugees still living there.
Source: Video Game / Sabres Of Infinity - Jonathan Swift's satirical pamphlet A Modest Proposal proposed solving the problem of the mass poverty and starvation in Ireland by selling the Irish children as a delicacy.
Source: Im A Humanitarian / Literature - In Les Misérables, after being jailed for decades for stealing a loaf of bread, and forced into poverty and starvation due to the difficulty of finding jobs as an ex-con, Jean Valjean comes upon the Bishop of Digne, who shows him kindness and houses him.
Source: Because You Were Nice to Me
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