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Definition & Meaning of "famine"in English

Famine
01

a situation where there is not enough food that causes hunger and death 

famine definition and meaning
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
famines
Examples
Many children were orphaned as a result of the famine. 
02

a severe insufficiency of anything 

Examples
The town faced a famine of clean water due to the prolonged drought. 
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