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• v  be hungry; go without food
• v  die of food deprivation
  The political prisoners starved to death
• v  deprive of food
  They starved the prisoners
• v  have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
• v  deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
  The engine was starved of fuel
• s  suffering from lack of food
• s  extremely hungry
  the family was starved and ragged

• Little Louie, half starved, battled anti-Semitic bullies and helped his father whom he despised as much as he adored his mother.
• Nearly one million people starved to death when a murderous famine gripped North Korea in the 1990s.
• Author and clinical social worker Michele Weiner Davis says ill-matched libidos are a big cause of marital strife and that women are just as sex-starved as men.

• starve
• hunger
• famish
• crave
• thirst
• lust
• starving
• famished
• ravenous
• sharp-set
• esurient

• be_full
• feed

News & Articles

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• Italy vs. Mexico: Player Ratings For Confederations Cup Match
  Italy defeated Mexico 2-1 in their opening Confederations Cup match. The Azzurri are now tied with Brazil for first place in their group after a decent display against a Mexican side that has been starved for goals lately. As always, here's the official Matteo Bonetti ratings scale: Official Rating Scale 0.0 - 2.5: Elvis Abbruscato 3.0 - 3.5: Diabolical 4.0 - 4.5: Poor 5.0 - 5.5: Below Average 6 ...
  June 16, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• Starved Rock ABATE chapter promotes freedom of the open road
  The Starved Rock Chapter of ABATE of Illinois is part of a state-wide organization founded to preserve a safe, unrestricted motorcycling environment. With nearly 290 members, the Starved Rock club is the 12th-largest group in the state out of
  June 14, 2013 - The Ottawa Times
• Europe's SMEs need more public sector support - report
  LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's cash-starved small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need more public sector help, as there is little appetite among private investors to step in and fill the gap left by ...
  June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Oprah Winfrey in International Herald Tribune
  I had literally starved myself for four months - not a morsel of food,Winfrey recalled in 2005. "Two hours after that show, I started eating to celebrate - of course, within two days those jeans no longer fit!"
• Tanya Plibersek in Sydney Morning Herald
  The public and community housing system has been starved of funds for more than a decade,Ms Plibersek said. "This investment will prolong the useable life of these units and improve amenity for tenants."
• Bill Nelson in Forbes
  NASA is being starved,said Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., adding that without the money, the next-generation Constellation space flight program wouldn't be able to launch astronauts into orbit until 2015.