verb
ADVERB
▪ slowly
▪ literally
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She refused food and literally ~d herself to death.
VERB + STARVE
▪ leave sb to
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He locked them in a room and left them to ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ for ( usually figurative )
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He is starving for attention.
▪ of
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The baby's brain had been ~d of oxygen.
PHRASES
▪ be half ~d
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The poor cat was half ~d.
▪ keep sb from starving
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320 tons of food are needed each month to keep millions from starving.
▪ ~ in the streets , ~ on the streets
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Their policies will leave innocent children starving in the streets.
▪ ~ to death