starve of
phrasal verbstarve somebody/something of something
(North American English also starve somebody/something for something)
- [usually passive] to not give or have something that is needed
- I felt starved of intelligent conversation.
- The department has been starved of resources.
- The baby's brain had been starved of oxygen.
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