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Common collocations with starvation in American Collocation

starvation noun uncountable

US /stɑrˈveɪʃ(ə)n/

among many people

mass
widespread

This was a brutal process which caused mass starvation.

threatened

imminent
impending

Millions of Afghans faced imminent starvation.

prevent starvation

alleviate
avert
avoid
eliminate
prevent

Too few planes could get through to avert starvation.

cause starvation

cause
lead to

She said the U.N. sanctions are causing widespread starvation.

experience starvation

suffer

Parisians suffered starvation, bombardments and disease.

risk starvation

be at risk of
be threatened with
face
risk

12 million people are facing starvation in southern Africa.

escape from starvation

escape
flee

Over 100,000 people are on the move, fleeing starvation over the harsh winter months.

die from starvation

die from
die of

Soon people began to die of starvation and disease.

edge

brink
edge
verge

There are millions of people in the world that are on the brink of starvation.

danger

danger
prospect
risk
spectre
threat

They found themselves alone in the world with the prospect of starvation before them.

fear

fear
horror

Why does half the world’s population live with the ever-present fear of starvation?

hunger

famine
hunger
malnutrition

We want to end starvation and malnutrition, which affect billions of people.

thirst

dehydration
drought
thirst

Without vitamins and water tortoises die of starvation or dehydration.

poverty

deprivation
destitution
poverty
want

The book tells a harsh tale of unemployment, poverty and starvation.

disease

disease
pestilence

Those fortunate enough to escape still risked dying from starvation or disease.

tiredness

exhaustion
overwork

Many more died in the camps, of overwork or starvation.

suffering

misery

The people were suffering great misery and starvation following 6 years of war.

cold

cold
hypothermia

Thousands of soldiers died of starvation and the cold.