starvation rations

Frequency: 5.80.3 per million words

a very small, fixed amount of food, not enough to live on

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Examples (10)

  • During the siege, the city's inhabitants were reduced to starvation rations.
  • The prisoners of war survived on meager starvation rations for months.
  • Even with the emergency aid, many families were still living on starvation rations.
  • The explorers were down to starvation rations after losing their main supply.
  • Providing only starvation rations to the refugees was a humanitarian crisis.
  • They complained that their daily allowance of food was nothing more than starvation rations.
  • After the storm, the stranded villagers had to manage on starvation rations until rescue arrived.
  • The diet prescribed by the nutritionist felt like starvation rations to the hungry patient.
  • Living on starvation rations severely weakened the population.
  • The aid organization distributed starvation rations to prevent further loss of life.