starving has definitions from the field of food
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[ adjective ] suffering from lack of food

Synonyms

starved

Used in print

(T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)

Frozen , they stared at it whirling down the valley , gouging and spitting_out boulders and chunks of earth like a starving hound_dog cracking marrowbones .

Related terms

malnourished

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[ noun ] (food) the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine

Synonyms

starvation

Examples

"the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender" "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"

Related terms

privation starve

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