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Noun(1) an acute insufficiency(2) a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure(3) a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death(4) hunger

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(1) drought resulted in famine throughout the region(2) The world's history records that hunger and famine can seriously hurt societies.(3) the famine of 1921u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu25242(4) the cotton famine of the 1860s(5) But there is no doubt that the number of deaths from famine and from the results of malnutrition were at least of the order associated with the great famines of the past.(6) Once, the mass of men worked to stave off hunger and famine ; now it's coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes that they have to worry about.(7) In general, beech nuts have been regarded as food for humans in times of famine or scarcity.(8) This disruption to farming in Zimbabwe, once the breadbasket of Southern Africa, comes as millions of people in the region face famine .(9) The Chipini region in Africa is also been hit by drought and famine and the local committee has appealed for support.(10) Twenty years after images of starving Ethiopian children shocked the world, famine and drought continue to stalk this African nation.(11) the famine of 1921u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu252422(12) A poorly thought out redistribution policy could result in famine and disaster similar to what has happened in Zimbabwe.(13) That nation is suffering famine as a result of civil war and anarchy.(14) It's the government chaos and resulting famine that is responsible for the AIDS crisis.(15) Such societies suffer from periodic shortages and high levels of bacterial contamination, resulting in famine , disease and death.(16) drought could result in famine throughout the region