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Meanings of emaciated in English

Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.

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Usage of emaciated in English
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In the most severe cases, people would become emaciated, delirious, and incapacitated.
NY Magazine
2
Sea lion pups, emaciated and starving, have washed up on California beaches.
Reuters
3
We could not keep life in some of the poor emaciated frames.
Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, ...
4
He could have easily disengaged it; it was small, weak and emaciated.
Christmas / Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related ...
5
In Jamila's case, a Reuters photo of the emaciated child went viral.
Reuters
6
Those escaping the siege in recent days are pitifully weak and emaciated.
The Irish Times
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All four were terribly emaciated, and in the last stages of exhaustion.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont
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Combined with an emaciated body, those eyes made her seem vulnerable, innocent.
Wicked lovely
9
The wind of his going strained the capote from his emaciated face.
The Silent Places
10
He waved his thin, emaciated hand in the air as he spoke.
Jennie Baxter, Journalist
11
Her tall emaciated form held itself defiantly erect; her eyes flashed hatred.
Eleanor
12
He was emaciated; his energy consumed him as hunger consumes other men.
Harrigan
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Among the people, Ezio was emaciated and sickly figure of Silvio Barbarigo.
Renaissance
14
The emaciated men milled around the cadet, all asking questions at once.
The Revolt on Venus
15
He fought them with every pound of strength in his emaciated body.
Then I'll Come Back to You
16
Silently, the woman stretched a tremulous and emaciated arm towards the hut.
An Outcast of the Islands
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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