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"The political prisoners starved to death"verbdie of food deprivation
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verbhave a craving, appetite, or great desire for
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verbbe hungry; go without foodOpposite:
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"They starved the prisoners"verbdeprive of food
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"The engine was starved of fuel"verbdeprive of a necessity and cause sufferingtype of:
Definition that contains starve
- pinchgut a niggardly person who starves himself (and others)
- the irish famine a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America)
- the great calamity a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America)
- the great hunger a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America)
- starveling someone who is starving (or being starved)
- the great starvation a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America)