Definition of Famine
Famine
Fa·mine
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A severe scarcity of food, leading to widespread suffering and death.
e.g. The drought led to a devastating famine in the rural areas.
(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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