starve

Object

• peasant: In the State farm he was also given excellent meals, in contrast to the starving peasants.
• million: They care about the starving millions in the Third World.
• refugee: By the end of April, over 1 million GBP of supplies had been air dropped to the starving refugees.
• oxygen: Without iron the hemoglobin molecules cannot carry oxygen and the tissues of the body become oxygen starved.
• tumor: Special high fat diets can help to keep the body's energy needs supplied whilst starving the tumor.
• baby: He has taken food from his starving babies to give to an idol that does not consume it.

Preposition: into

• submission: The cities were to be bypassed, invested by lesser troops, and starved into submission.

Adjective complement

• hungry: Get your finger out, we're starving hungry here.

Modifying Another Word

• literally: Thos who take a stand will be literally starved to death in funding terms.
• slowly: They pick up hooks, line and weights while feeding and slowly starve to death.
• systematically: For too long Britain's railways were systematically starved of investment.
• deliberately: Soviet soldiers who had been taken prisoner had been deliberately starved to death.
• nearly: Despite nearly starving himself to the point of death neither of these helped him find the peace he desired.

Preposition: in

• garret: This about as true as the artist romantic and solitary starving in a garret.
• midst: Bees can also starve in the midst of plenty.

Preposition: of

• oxygen: The brain is starved of oxygen, which causes the damage.
• cash: The NHS, like so many places, is starved of cash.
• possession: Wingers Sam and John, devastating in recent weeks, were being starved of possession and Lisbie cut a lonely figure up front.
• investment: For too long Britain's railways were systematically starved of investment.
• fund: Such publications are a good breeding ground for new ideas but if starved of funds they too easily become extinct.