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Mari-Lou A
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We need to invent a verb for this that is used in the same way starvestarve would be used. 
Thirsted to deathThirsted to death is not bad but the parallel for food would be hungered to deathhungered to death, not starved to death starved to death, so it is not ideal. Starve

Starve is a verb used to indicate not just hunger but it also indicates that some damage is taking place to the body, the body wastes away. Someone Someone suggested "death by desiccation". Like starvationstarvation, it also is a slow process so how about "He desiccated to death. However,

He desiccated to death.

Although I think this is closer but, it's still not ideal, as desiccation focuses on the end state, while starvation focuses on the suffering process. A word that focuses on the process would be dehydratedehydrate. So "he dehydrated to death"the following phrase might work. What

He dehydrated to death

What do you think? Sounds too strange?

We need to invent a verb for this that is used the same way starve would be used. Thirsted to death is not bad but the parallel for food would be hungered to death, not starved to death, so it is not ideal. Starve is a verb used to indicate not just hunger but it also indicates that some damage is taking place to the body, the body wastes away. Someone suggested "death by desiccation". Like starvation, it also is a slow process so how about "He desiccated to death. However, I think this is closer but still not ideal, as desiccation focuses on the end state, while starvation focuses on the suffering process. A word that focuses on the process would be dehydrate. So "he dehydrated to death" might work. What do you think? Sounds too strange?

We need to invent a verb for this that is used in the same way starve would be used. 
Thirsted to death is not bad but the parallel for food would be hungered to death, not starved to death, so it is not ideal.

Starve is a verb used to indicate not just hunger but it also indicates that some damage is taking place to the body, the body wastes away. Someone suggested "death by desiccation". Like starvation, it also is a slow process so how about

He desiccated to death.

Although I think this is closer, it's still not ideal, as desiccation focuses on the end state, while starvation focuses on the suffering process. A word that focuses on the process would be dehydrate. So the following phrase might work.

He dehydrated to death

What do you think? Sounds too strange?

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David Blette
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We need to invent a verb for this that is used the same way starve would be used. Thirsted to death is not bad but the parallel for food would be hungered to death, not starved to death, so it is not ideal. Starve is a verb used to indicate not just hunger but it also indicates that some damage is taking place to the body, the body wastes away. Someone suggested "death by desiccation". Like starvation, it also is a slow process so how about "He desiccated to death. However, I think this is closer but still not ideal, as desiccation focuses on the end state, while starvation focuses on the suffering process. A word that focuses on the process would be dehydrate. So "he dehydrated to death" might work. What do you think? Sounds too strange?