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starving
has definitions from the field of food
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[ adjective ] suffering from lack of food
Synonyms 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 |
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[ noun ] (food) the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
Synonyms Examples "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender" "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care" |
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