English-Italian translations for starve
- morire di fameNon dobbiamo dimenticare che il diritto di far pressione sulle popolazioni non deve portare al diritto di far morire di fame. The right of coercion over populations - it must also be remembered - should not lead to the right to starve them. Condividiamo anche parte della sofferenza dei prigionieri politici e delle loro famiglie che hanno scelto di lasciarsi morire di fame. We also share something of the suffering of the political prisoners and their families who have chosen to starve themselves to death. Oltre 150 000 prigionieri politici sono tuttora detenuti in campi di concentramento, costretti ai lavori forzati, torturati e lasciati volutamente morire di fame. Over 150 000 political prisoners are still detained in concentration camps, subjected to forced labour, tortured and deliberately starved.
Definition of starve
- To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away
- To die because of lack of food or of not eating
- To be very hungry
- To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food
- To deteriorate for want of any essential thing
Examples
- Hey, ma, Im starving! Whats for dinner?
- The uncaring parents starved the child of love.
- The patients brain was starved of oxygen.
- I was half starved waiting out in that wind.
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