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Another word for famine

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Noun
  1. See also:

    lack

    hunger

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Sentence Examples

  • 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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