Definition of famine

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Definition of famine

  • an acute insufficiency (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. dearth
    2. shortage
  • a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death (noun)

See definition of famine in Merriam Webster