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English noun: famine | |||
| 1. | famine (state) an acute insufficiency | ||
| Synonyms | dearth, 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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