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  • n  weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
  • n  exhaustion resulting from lack of food

  • Our relationship had begun to suffer the inanition of many marriages at seven years.
  • He became a sort of Gallic Coolidge decorated with Continental charm, and he presided over an era of prosperous inanition that collapsed in the debacle of the Franco-Prussian war.
  • Our relationship had begun to suffer the inanition of many marriages at seven years.
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  • Caretaker charged in death of elderly Norfolk woman
    NORFOLK-A caretaker is charged with killing the elderly woman she lived with and cared for in Norfolk. 77-year-old Gertha Curry died September 29, 2013 at her home on Ashlawn Drive and her death ruled undetermined. On Friday, February 14, the Medical Examiner's Office determined her death was a homicide caused by " inanition and dehydration due to nutritional neglect, with medical neglect ...
    Feb. 19, 2014 - 13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads

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