Emaciate

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  • transitive & intransitive verb . To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Thin; wasted; greatly reduced in flesh.
  • To cause to lose flesh gradually; waste the flesh of; reduce to leanness: as, great suffering emaciates the body.
  • To lose flesh gradually; become lean, as by disease or pining; waste away, as flesh.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean.
  • adjective. Emaciated.
  • intransitive verb. To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make extremely thin or wasted
  • verb. To become extremely thin or wasted.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. grow weak and thin or waste away physically
  • verb. cause to grow thin or weak
  • Word Usage
    "For an industry that thrives on an if-it-bleeds-it-leads attitude, you have to wonder how jaded this industry is to allow someone to emaciate themselves right in public; right in front of them."
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