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famine::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dearth, shortage |
| Type of | deficiency, lack, want |
famine::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | disaster, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, tragedy |
| Has types | the great starvation, the irish famine, the great calamity, the great hunger |
Examples of famine
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The people of Somalia are already struggling from famine caused by the droughts.
From the economist.com
It's basically me looking down the barrel of a lens talking about global famine.
From the news-journalonline.com
We are primed to protect against famine, which might be right around the corner.
From the kentucky.com
Service can be feast or famine, too, depending on who is assigned to your table.
From the newsobserver.com
It is worth making this weekend even if time famine means the lasagna must wait.
From the nytimes.com
With famine in the Ukraine and parts of Russia proper that didn't seem the case.
From the economist.com
Pericles leaves Helicanus as regent and sails to Tarsus, a city beset by famine.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Ireland remained a net exporter of food throughout most of the five-year famine.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Economic development minimises and ultimately eradicates the chances for famine.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Dearth: an acute insufficiency
- A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
- A famine is a widespread scarcity of food that may apply to any faunal species. This phenomenon is usually accompanied by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality.
- Famine is the first official Release By Death Metal act Graves of Valor it was released September 11th 2007 via Tragic Hero Records On May 30th 2006 Graves of Valor released two demo tracks to their Myspace page entitled "Architect" and "Kiss the Snake" The full Track listing was released soon ...
- Famine (Autumn Rolfson) is a fictional character, a Mutant supervillain appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. She is most notable for being one of the original four horsemen of the villain Apocalypse.
- Famine is a novel by Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty published in 1937. Set in the fictionally named Black Valley in the west of Ireland during the Great Famine of the 1840s, the novel tells the story of three generations of the Kilmartin family.
- The Famine is a metal band that formed in 2007 in Arlington, Texas, and is signed to Solid State Records.
- (The famines) The Famines are a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2008 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The two piece band uses a modern and minimalistic approach that draws comparison to mid 1970's protopunk and fuzzy garage rock.
- Extreme shortage of food in a region; a period of extreme shortage of food in a region; During times of famine
