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To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger.

To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to cause to be very hungry.

To kill, or to cause great suffering to, by depriving or denying anything necessary.

To force, control, or constrain by famine.

To die of hunger; to starve to death.

To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to nearly perish.

To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.