starve

/stɑːv/ verb [I, T]

Translation

› to become ill or die because you do not have enough food, or to make someone ill or die because they do not have enough food

açlık çekmek, açlıktan ölmek

Many people have starved to death in parts of Africa.120850456

starvation

/stɑːˈveɪʃən/ noun [U] ›

açlık

Children were dying of starvation.

(Definition of starve verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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