Famine - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
Extra examples
The famine affected half the continent.
Famine struck several provinces.
Another crop failure could result in widespread famine.
Widespread famine had triggered a number of violent protests.
A million people are facing famine.
Thousands of people emigrated during the Irish potato famine of 1845-46.
A mighty famine devastated the land.
The country hovers on the brink of famine.
She prayed for deliverance as the famine got worse.
...couldn't bear to see the heartrending photos of victims of the famine...
...that photojournalist is planning to do a primarily pictorial report on the famine in Africa...
The famine brought mass starvation.
If records are to be trusted, there was no famine this year.
Common in times of famine.
Famine threatens the district.
Word forms
singular: famine
plural: famines
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