starve

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To suffer or die from lack of food.

• Millions of people starve in regions affected by drought.
• The dog was starving when they found it.
• Without aid, the refugees will starve.
• Prolonged sanctions can starve entire populations of essential resources, raising ethical questions about collective punishment in international relations.
• When governments systematically starve public universities of funding, research output and educational quality inevitably decline.
• Cancer cells cannot starve in low-oxygen environments as normal cells do, which explains their aggressive proliferation in tumors.

Eş anlamlılar: hunger, famish, perish

Zıt anlamlılar: feast, gorge, satiate, nourish

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To deprive someone or something of something essential or needed.

• The budget cuts will starve the program of funding.
• Don't starve your plants of water during summer.
• The tumor starves healthy tissue of oxygen.

Eş anlamlılar: deprive, deny, withhold

Zıt anlamlılar: provide, supply, nourish, furnish