famishing

To make someone very hungry or to cause them to suffer or die by depriving them of food or other necessities; to force or subdue through starvation.

1. 1.

   To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to cause to be very hungry.

   因饥饿耗尽体力或耐力；使非常饥饿

2. 2.

   To kill, or to cause great suffering to, by depriving or denying anything necessary.

   通过剥夺或拒绝任何必需品而杀死或使遭受巨大痛苦

3. 3.

   To force, control, or constrain by famine.

   用饥荒迫使、控制或约束

4. 4.

   To die of hunger; to starve to death.

   死于饥饿；饿死

5. 5.

   To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to nearly perish.

   忍受极度饥渴,以致筋疲力尽或几乎死去

6. 6.

   To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.

   因缺乏任何基本或必需的东西而遭受极端痛苦

饿死；挨饿；极度缺乏；因饥饿耗尽体力或耐力；使非常饥饿；通过剥夺或拒绝任何必需品而杀死或使遭受巨大痛苦；用饥荒迫使、控制或约束；死于饥饿；饿死

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