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starve
verb as in abstain
verb as in diet
verb as in fast
verb as in want
Strong match
Example Sentences
Campaigners warn that agricultural and sewage pollution combined with the impacts of climate change have led to algal blooms, starving wildlife of oxygen.
Rhapsodizing about condiments to a ship of starving workers, Ylfa may as well bleat, “Let them eat ketchup!”
In addition to starving the children, she kept them in separate parts of the home.
Make no mistake: The starving of Social Security’s administrative resources, which is currently taking place under the guise of ferreting out fraud and waste, is no accident.
Watching Trump and Vance kick Zelenskyy for the cameras was like watching a neighbor starve his dog, then kick it for looking at his food bowl.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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