Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Starvation has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
"The village's harvest failure led to widespread starvation, as families survived on nothing but dry grass for months."
the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
"the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"
"they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"
A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.
"The children in the war-torn village were visibly weakened by starvation, their bellies distended from hunger rather than fullness."