danger of starvation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdangerandstarvation
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danger
noun
uk/ˈdeɪn.dʒər/us/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ/
the possibility of harm or death ...
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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 ofdangerandstarvationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Such decisions are always liable to be taken if there is an imminentdangerofstarvation.
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It is only in certain areas, notably in ex-enemy coun- tries, that there is realdangerofstarvation.
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By the end of this year, half the population of 13 million will be indangerofstarvation.
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Hundreds of millions are going hungry and not a few are indangerofstarvation.
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I believe there will be nodangerofstarvationif we carry out a policy of vigorous food production.
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Then came the 1939–45 war, which, again, brought to us thedangerofstarvation.
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Are we equally concerned that millions of her population are indangerofstarvation?
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Unless our land provides very much more food than it has produced hitherto, we may be indangerofstarvation.
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The 1914–1918 war provided a submarine threat to our country which put us in gravedangerofstarvation.
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May we take it that any realdangerofstarvationto the very poor is practically eliminated?
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It has been stated in the press that as many as 400,000 people are indangerofstarvationbecause they are not receiving necessary food supplies.
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Once a proud exporter of food, it now relies on food aid to feed hundreds of thousands of its citizens, with 500,000 indangerofstarvation.
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He seemed to think that in the side that he was on not less than 400,000 children were indangerofstarvation, apart from the adult population.
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Thedangerofstarvationthere is not so much in the absence of proteins—which now the relief organisations are very largely bringing in—but in the exhaustion of locally-grown carbohydrates.
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Therefore, if we cannot specifically say that our safety in the future is assured, we have no right to run the risks and dangers of starvation.
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Like other animals man must, in order to survive, overcome the dangers of starvation and infection; at the same time he must be fertile.
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