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A famine describes an extreme shortage, especially of food. (noun)

An example of famine is when there is no food and people are starving.

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See famine in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

an acute and general shortage of food, or a period of this
any acute shortage
Archaic starvation

See famine in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(fămˈĭn)

noun

A drastic, wide-reaching food shortage.
A drastic shortage; a dearth.
Severe hunger; starvation.
Archaic Extreme appetite.

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