n. an extreme general shortage of food; a great shortage
The people were suffering from the famine.
The people were suffering from the famine.
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Fearsomely fast flippers and salmon famine are examples of which literary device?
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Who did the villagers go to for help during the famine in the cold winter?
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During a famine there is a dearth of food.
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They give succor to victims of flood or famine.
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When Banzar discovered that his brothers did not know him and that a famine had come to his father's village, what did he tell his brothers?
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The potato famine impoverished many people.
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Joseph had prescience of seven years of famine and planned accordingly.
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Because there was a famine in the land, where did Abram travel to?
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When the famine hit what did Bavsi do?
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shortage; deficiency; dearth; meagerness
abundance; plenty
2 syllables
fam-ine
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