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starve::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | famish |
| Type of | give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire |
The political prisoners starved to death.
starve::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | deprive |
| Verb group | famish |
The engine was starved of fuel.
Examples of starve
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He has literally preferred to starve Iraq than to give up his appetite for them.
From the economist.com
Parts of the country are very wealthy and rich in resources while others starve.
From the economist.com
If they so please, they starve an economy of funds and cause financial calamity.
From the economist.com
However, Sarsak and a handful of other prisoners continued to starve themselves.
From the cnn.com
Common wisdom dictates that the first cells to starve would be the first to die.
From the sciencedaily.com
It also lets parents know their children are not going to leave home and starve.
From the guardian.co.uk
This means that a shrew may starve if it finds no food for as little as 5 hours.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Continue to starve their people and continue the path they are taking right now.
From the world.time.com
Plan B. Take off the wingers and put an extra striker and starve him of the ball.
From the expressandstar.com
- Be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
- Die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
- Crave: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- Deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"
- (starved) famished: extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"
- (starvation) a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
- Starvation is a severe reduction in vitamin, nutrient and energy intake. It is the most extreme form of malnutrition. In humans, prolonged starvation can cause permanent organ damage and eventually, death. The term inanition refers to the symptoms and effects of starvation.
- Starved is an FX Network television situation comedy that aired for one season of seven episodes in 2005. The series was about four friends who each suffer from eating disorders, who met at a "shame-based" support group called Belt Tighteners. ...
- (Starvation (computing)) In computer science, starvation is a multitasking-related problem, where a process is perpetually denied necessary resources. Without those resources, the program can never finish its task .
