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famine

/ˈfæm.ən/ noun C1
  1. Extreme shortage of food in a region. (uncountable)
  2. A period of extreme shortage of food in a region. (countable)
  3. Starvation or malnutrition. (countable, dated, uncountable)
  4. Severe shortage or lack of something. (countable, uncountable) · the Lancashire Cotton Famine

Plural famines

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A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 4 · B2
Tell me, therefore, who are these men who killed the son with despair, and the father with famine?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 302 · C1
“That there should be a famine!”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 693 · C1

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