Thesaurus: starve

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1. v. i. To die; to perish.
2. v. i. To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.
3. v. i. To perish or die with cold.
4. v. t. To destroy with cold.
5. v. t. To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.
6. v. t. To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender.
7. v. t. To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air.
8. v. t. To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.
9. v. be hungry; go without food
10. v. die of food deprivation
11. v. deprive of food
12. v. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for