starve to death

idiom

: to die from lack of food
The famine caused many to starve to death.

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The piglets were being denied food and water and would have been allowed to starve to death. CBS News, 5 Mar. 2025 Those that did not starve to death weren’t much better off: emaciated, sick and unable to produce healthy young. Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025 Charlotte didn’t end up as a shark’s lunch and didn’t starve to death floating helplessly in the ocean. Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2024 Loading your audio article A Broward judge refused Monday to dismiss criminal charges against one of five defendants accused of allowing a 7-year-old child to starve to death last Christmas. Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for starve to death

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“Starve to death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starve%20to%20death. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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