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starve in Arabic

مَاتَ جَوْعًا māta jawʕan

UK/stɑːv//stɑɹv/

starve in Arabic: مَاتَ جَوْعًا (māta jawʕan), تَضَوَّرَ (taḍawwara). In English, starve means to die because of lack of food or of not eating.

Arabic words for starve

to die because of lack of food
مَاتَ جَوْعًا māta jawʕan
to be very hungry
تَضَوَّرَ taḍawwara

English meaning of starve

  1. verb To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
  2. verb To suffer severely because of lack of food or of not eating.
  3. verb To be very hungry.
  4. verb To kill or attempt to kill by depriving of food.

Full definition of starve

starve in a sentence

  • I was starving so I wrote S.O.S. on the desert island using rocks.
  • If they refuse to surrender the garrison, we'll just starve them out.
  • Some historians have since classified the Siege of Leningrad as a genocide due to the intentional destruction of the city and the systematic starvation of its civilian population.

Synonyms of starve

starve in other languages

Questions about starve in Arabic

What is the meaning of starve in Arabic?
Starve in Arabic is مَاتَ جَوْعًا (māta jawʕan), تَضَوَّرَ (taḍawwara).
ما معنى كلمة starve؟
Starve: مَاتَ جَوْعًا (māta jawʕan), تَضَوَّرَ (taḍawwara).
What does starve mean in English?
Starve means to die because of lack of food or of not eating.

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