starving

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/ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/

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/ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/ · /ˈstɑːvɪŋ/

Definition of starving

3 senses · 3 parts of speech

verb

(form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of starve

“It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries.”

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verb

(form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of starve

“It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries.”

noun

starvation

“[…] surely there have been atrocities which demanded of the white man the punishment of the evil-doer; but far more have been the starvings and the flights and the extinguishments which have visited the Indian, for the offence of living […]”

adj

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