Definition of Famine
Famine
fam·ine
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(noun)
an extreme shortage or scarcity of food;
e.g. The country was struck by a famine due to the lack of rain.
(noun)
broadly, a great scarcity or shortage of something;
e.g. They were facing an oil famine which caused prices to rise.
(noun)
(old) hunger or starvation;
e.g. Thousands of people died of famine that year.
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