threat of starvation

collocation in English

meaningsofthreatandstarvation

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threat
noun[C]
uk
/θret/us
/θret/
a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is ...
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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 ofthreatandstarvationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There were no services, no government, and there was athreatofstarvationand disease.
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We had to put the greatest possible pressure, and almost thethreatofstarvation, upon them in order to get them to do that.
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As a matter of fact, "food shortage" is an under-statement; it was an actualthreatofstarvation.
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On the contrary, our policy would end thethreatofstarvation.
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The truth is that most refugees genuinely believe that they have something to flee—even if it is thethreatofstarvation.
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I do not believe that there can be anything in the world more important than thethreatofstarvationand death for possibly millions of people.
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There was, for the most part, an orderly return of soldiers back into civilian life, while thethreatofstarvationwas combated.
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Subsistence farmers balance thethreatofstarvationwith that of floods.
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The partisans operated under constantthreatofstarvation.
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Georgian serfs lived in dire poverty, subject to the frequentthreatofstarvation.
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The seals were less numerous than the previous year and the castaways were facing another winter with a greaterthreatofstarvation.
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Although the civilian population was enduring, thethreatofstarvationwas very real.
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While the lack of shelter would have made conditions too harsh for potatoes to flourish, the threatofstarvationmeant that every option had to be tried.
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They had tried to withstand the great drought that summer, but eventually thethreatofstarvationforced them from their lands and in search of a new home.
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