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Originally Posted by willravel
She'd be absolutely right. Under the Geneva Conventions, military forces are banned from using 'starvation of civilians as a method of warfare'.
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starvation
n 1: a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential
nutrients over a prolonged period [syn: famishment]
2: the act of starving; "they were charged with the starvation
of children in their care" [syn: starving]