starving

verbnounadjectivecommon in dialogue

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starvation

verb

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Also a form of starvepresent participle and gerund of starve
It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries.

noun

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starvation
[…] surely there have been atrocities which demanded of the white man the punishment of the evil-doer; but far more have been the starvings and the flights and the extinguishments which have visited the Indian, for the offence of living […]

adjective

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Extremely hungry

Forms

plural: starvings
comparative: more starving
superlative: most starving

starvation · A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.starve · To die because of lack of food or of not eating.starved · Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.

starving · starvation

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