mass starvation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmassandstarvation
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mass
adjective[before noun]
uk/mæs/us/mæs/
having an effect on or involving a large number of people or forming a ...
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starvation
noun[U]
uk/stɑːˈveɪ.ʃən/us/stɑːrˈveɪ.ʃən/
the state of having no food for a long period, often ...
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(Definition ofmassandstarvationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These policies resulted in the worst episode ofmassstarvationin the entire twentieth century.
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It is very likely thatmassstarvationwas one factor but evidence of this is difficult to discern.
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But the 'great leap forward' was a disaster and resulted inmassstarvation.
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Speed of delivery is vital ifmassstarvationis to be avoided.
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The international aid community must be commended for the action that it took to ensure that the predictedmassstarvationdid not become a reality.
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Although the situation remains critical, it has so far been possible to avertmassstarvationand mass migration of people in search of food.
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The prospects for conqueringmassstarvationare not entirely bleak.
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In our energy-scarce, post-peak oil world, the alternative to reactors ismassstarvation.
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Climatic conditions and natural disasters play but a marginal part inmassstarvation.
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This, coupled with a severe drought, resulted inmassstarvationand economic collapse.
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We are to go back to the system that brought us derelict areas, mass unemployment andmassstarvation.
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Only recently have documents from the population registers come to light, revealing the numbers affected by themassstarvation.
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There would have beenmassstarvationand tribal warfare.
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The consequences of that would be unimaginable human suffering andmassstarvationin many parts of the world.
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This provides grounds for limited optimism that it may prove possible to avoid the worst problems ofmassstarvationand mass migration, but the situation remains delicately balanced.
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I hope that the matter will be kept continually under review because the prospects ofmassstarvation and of disease as refugees go to the border must horrify us all.
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But one cannot say who will survive themassstarvationand deprivation that is likely to come as a result of continued poverty and deprivation due to the population explosion.
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There are ominous signs ofmassstarvation.
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