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English noun: famine

1. famine (state) an acute insufficiency


Synonymsdearth, shortage


Broader (hypernym)deficiency, lack, want

2. famine (event) a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death


Broader (hypernym)calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy


Narrower (hyponym)the Great Calamity, the Great Hunger, the Great Starvation, the Irish Famine









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