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to starve sb into submission

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  • starve somebody into into doing something — ˌstarve sb into ˈsth/into ˈdoing sth derived to force sb to do sth by not allowing them to get any food or money • The blockade was aimed at starving the country into submission. Main entry: ↑starvederived …   Useful english dictionary

  • starve somebody into something doing something — ˌstarve sb into ˈsth/into ˈdoing sth derived to force sb to do sth by not allowing them to get any food or money • The blockade was aimed at starving the country into submission. Main entry: ↑starvederived …   Useful english dictionary

  • starve — v. 1) (D; tr.) to starve into (to starve smb. into submission) 2) (misc.) to starve to death; to starve oneself to death * * * [stɑːv] to starve oneself to death (misc.) to starve to death (D;tr.) to starve into (to starve smb. into submission) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • submission — [[t]səbmɪ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] submissions 1) N UNCOUNT: oft into N Submission is a state in which people can no longer do what they want to do because they have been brought under the control of someone else. The army intends to take the city or simply… …   English dictionary

  • starve — [stärv] vi. starved, starving [ME sterven < OE steorfan, to die, perish, akin to Ger sterben: see START] 1. a) to die from lack of food b) to suffer or become weak from hunger c) Informal to be ravenously hungry …   English World dictionary

  • submission — noun 1 accepting sb else s control ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total VERB + SUBMISSION ▪ demand, expect ▪ The emperor demanded total submission from his subjects …   Collocations dictionary

  • starve — verb (I, T) 1 to suffer or die because you do not have enough to eat, or to make someone else do this: Thousands of people will starve if food doesn t reach the stricken city. | starve sth: The dog looked like it had been starved. | starve to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • submission — sub|mis|sion S2 [səbˈmıʃən] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: Latin, from submittere; SUBMIT] 1.) [U] the state of being completely controlled by a person or group, and accepting that you have to obey them force/frighten/beat etc sb into… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • starve — v. 1 intr. die of hunger; suffer from malnourishment. 2 tr. cause to die of hunger or suffer from lack of food. 3 intr. suffer from extreme poverty. 4 intr. colloq. feel very hungry (I m starving). 5 intr. a suffer from mental or spiritual want.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • starve into — phr verb Starve into is used with these nouns as the object: ↑submission, ↑surrender …   Collocations dictionary

  • Caesar's invasions of Britain — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Caesar s invasions of Britain partof=Caesar s Gallic Wars caption=Edward Armitage s reconstruction of the first invasion date=55 and 54 BC place=Kent, the Thames, and Essex casus= territory=None |result=Nominal… …   Wikipedia

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