Another word for famine

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famine

shortage of food, starvation, want, scarcity; see hunger, lack 1.

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The prevalent famine and distress are due to Yahweh's indignation at such remissness.
There was a great famine in Rome.
Half the population of his planet had been decimated by famine and war.
The inhabitants are totally ruined, the hospitals overflow with sick, and famine is everywhere.
They are not distinct buckets but rather broad characterizations: actual famine, weaponized famine, and structural famine.

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