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famine
/'fæmɪn/
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famine
noun
an acute insufficiency
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dearth
shortage
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type of:
deficiency
lack
want
noun
a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
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type of:
disaster
calamity
cataclysm
catastrophe
tragedy
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want
lack
disaster
tragedy
catastrophe
shortage
calamity
deficiency
cataclysm
dearth
the great starvation
the irish famine
the great calamity
the great hunger
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