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  • adjective having become so thin that the bones noticeably protude under the skin.

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  • adjective Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of emaciate.

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  • adjective very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

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Examples

  • A boat was sent after the helicopter ran low on fuel, and rescuers were able to catch the dog, who was described as "emaciated but alive."

    Dog rescued 3 weeks after being washed out to sea by tsunami 2011

  • The dog was described as "emaciated, but alive" after it had been adrift since the March 11 disaster.

    CBC | Top Stories News 2011

  • Well, we're being told by these two sources again, one of them who had actually seen the body in the hospital room after Michael Jackson had passed away, and it was described as emaciated, completely emaciated.

    CNN Transcript Jul 8, 2009 2009

  • Yet he recalled the emaciated face and form, the cough, the trailing step, Miss Foster's anxiety, some comments overheard in the village.

    Eleanor Humphry Ward 1885

  • The adult male lion, described as emaciated and showing other signs of starvation, was later killed by wildlife officials after it attacked a dog brought in to track it.

    KETV.com - Local News 2009

  • "I could feel myself dying - I felt my life ebbing away," she said, recalling her emaciated body.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2009

  • On the 1-to-9 scale, 1 is described as emaciated, 5 is ideal and 9 is grossly obese.

    The Sheboygan Press Latest Headlines 2009

  • The hawk was captured weighing 424 grams and was called "emaciated" by conservancy Vice President Linda Moore.

    Cooper's hawk trapped in Library of Congress is captured Elizabeth Flock 2011

  • The hawk was captured weighing 424 grams and was called "emaciated" by conservancy Vice President Linda Moore.

    Cooper's hawk trapped in Library of Congress is captured Elizabeth Flock 2011

  • The trio of ESPN commentators are concerned that Novak Djokovic is looking "emaciated" and that Roger Federer's arms look "like a ten-year-old boy's."

    The Scene in Flushing 2010

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