starve to death

idiom

: to die from lack of food
The famine caused many to starve to death.

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Infected bats burn off vital energy stores and either freeze or starve to death. Benji Jones, Vox, 5 Sep. 2024 According to former followers and the parliamentary report, Mackenzie eventually told his people that the world was ending, and that everyone would soon die; the only way to insure a place in Heaven was to starve to death. Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024 One of Mackenzie’s former followers described having to let his daughter starve to death. Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024 If ice-free periods last too long, polar bears will stop reproducing and eventually starve to death. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for starve to death 

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“Starve to death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starve%20to%20death. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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