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famish

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1. famish - Adjective

2. famish - Verb

Meaning

To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.

To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger.

To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.

To force or constrain by famine.

To die of hunger; to starve.

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

To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.

Smoky; hot; choleric.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The political prisoners starved to death Source: Internet

Many famished in the countryside during the drought Source: Internet

They starved the prisoners Source: Internet

Let's eat--I'm starving! Source: Internet

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