to starve to death饿死
Relief missions try to keep the country's population from starving to death.赈灾机构努力不让这个国家的人饿死。
(for emphasis)直至死亡(也可用于形容词或动词后, 表示强调)
Whereas ten years ago I would have worried myself to death about it, now I accept it is part of the game.要是在十年前我会为此而愁死, 而现在我认为这是很正常的事。