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Definition starve in British English

starve verb

verb
/stɑː(r)v/
1

to suffer or to die because there is not enough food

Example

There are people out there who are starving because of your actions.

Synonyms and related words
die pass away suffocate
1.1

to make someone suffer or die by preventing them from having enough food

Example

They were accused of deliberately starving the prisoners.

Example

He threatened to starve himself to death if the war didn't stop.

Synonyms and related words
kill murder strangle
Definition starve in British English