starvation ration

Frequency: 5.55.2 per million words

a ration that is barely enough to survive

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Examples (10)

  • They are living on starvation rations.
  • The refugees were given mere starvation rations at the camp.
  • During the siege, the city's inhabitants survived on starvation rations.
  • Even with starvation rations, their spirits remained unbroken.
  • The explorers feared they would soon be reduced to starvation rations.
  • Providing only starvation rations to prisoners is a violation of human rights.
  • Many families subsisted on starvation rations during the famine.
  • She had to make her meager starvation ration last for days.
  • The soldiers were tired and hungry, living on starvation rations for weeks.
  • The aid organization condemned the practice of distributing starvation rations.