definition of famine
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deficiency Noun. 1. famine-an acute insufficiency. dearth, shortage. deficiency, lack, want-the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; there is a serious lack of insight into the problem; water is the critical deficiency in desert regions; for want of a nail the shoe was lost.
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poverty Full Definition of POVERTY. 1. a: the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions b: renunciation as a member of a religious order of the right as an individual to own property.
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drought Definition of drought. 1  1 : a period of dryness especially when prolonged; specifically : one that causes extensive damage to crops or prevents their successful growth resistant to drought. 2  2 : a prolonged or chronic shortage or lack of something expected or desired a drought of creativity.
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Definitions &Translations Emaciation is caused by severe malnourishment and starvation. Emaciation is a predominant symptom of malnourishment, a basic component of poverty and famine that also occurs with diseases that interfere with the digestive system and appetite, other systems, and eating disorders.
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- Famine in India. Famine had been a recurrent feature of life in the Indian sub-continental countries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and reached its numerically deadliest peak in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Historical and legendary evidence names some 90 famines in 2,500 years of history.
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- The Irish Famine of 1740–1741 (Irish: Bliain an Áir, áir meaning The year Of) slaughter in The kingdom Of, ireland was estimated to have killed at least38 % of the 1740 population of.2 4 million, people a proportionately greater loss than during the worst years of The Great famine of–1845. 1852
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disaster See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com. noun. 1. a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
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- verb. 1  1Suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger. no object ‘she left her animals to starve’. 2  2archaic, dialect no object Be freezing cold. ‘pull down that window for we are perfectly starving here’.
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- harvest noun [C/U]. › the ​activity or ​time of ​gathering a ​crop, or a ​crop that is ​gathered: [U] We ​picked the ​corn that had been ​missed during harvest. [C] He had a ​large ​garden and ​loved to ​share his harvest with ​others.
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disasternoun  [ C or U] disasternoun [ C or U ] uk ​ /dɪˈzɑː.stər/ us ​ /dɪˈzæs.tɚ/. B2 (an event that results in) great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty: An inquiry was ordered into the recent rail disaster (= a serious train accident). It would be a disaster for me if I lost my job. This is one of the worst natural disasters ever to befall the area.
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Famine A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including crop failure, population imbalance, or government policies. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality. Every inhabited continent in the world has experienced a period of famine throughout history.
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extinction Extinction is defined as the act of ending the existence of a plant or animal. An example of extinction is killing off the last of a rare bird. The definition of extinction is putting something out. An example of extinction is putting out a fire at a campsite.
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disaster 1 obsolete, occult : an unfavorable aspect (see aspect 2a) of a planet or star. 2 : a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, or destruction natural disasters; broadly : a sudden or great misfortune or failure The party was a disaster.
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- Definition of unemployment. 1  1 : the state of being unemployed : involuntary idleness of workers; also : the rate of such unemployment. 2  2 : unemployment compensation.
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Definitions &Translations Noun. 1. captivity-the state of being imprisoned; he was held in captivity until he died; the imprisonment of captured soldiers; his ignominious incarceration in the local jail; he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon. immurement, incarceration, imprisonment.
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- Average Office Manager salaries for job postings in St. Louis, MO are the same as average Office Manager salaries for job postings nationwide.verage Office Manager salaries for job postings in St. Louis, MO are the same as average Office Manager salaries for job postings nationwide.
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- Definition of plague. 1  an annoyance; those children are a damn plague. 2  any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) 3  a swarm of insects that attack plants; a plague of grasshoppers. 4  any epidemic disease with a high death rate.
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- Agriculture & Famine. A quarter of the population of sub-Saharan Africa is undernourished and famines can impact whole regions. Land is available to grow more food locally, but investment is needed in technologies such as irrigation for land to be used effectively.
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- A family in misery. noun. Misery is defined as the condition of suffering. An example of misery is living during a war without enough water or food. Misery means an extremely unhappy feeling. An example of misery is the sadness someone feels after a family member dies.
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Famine 0 Shares. Dictionaries-Easton's Bible Dictionary-Famine. The first mentioned in Scripture was so grievous as to compel Abraham to go down to the land of Egypt (Genesis 26:1). Another is mentioned as having occurred in the days of Isaac, causing him to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1 Genesis 26:17).
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- Calcium Channel Blocker Drugs. Calcium channel blockers are heart disease drugs that relax blood vessels and increase the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart while also reducing the heart's workload.
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- DEFINITION OF DISASTER. ‘Disaster is a crisis situation that far exceeds the capabilities’ . - Quarentelly, 1985. ‘Disaster’ is defined as a crisis situation causing wide spread damage which far exceeds. our ability to recover . Thus, by definition, there cannot be a perfect ideal system that. prevents damage, because then it would not be a disaster.
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hardship noun. The definition of hardship is adversity, or something difficult or unpleasant that you must endure or overcome. An example of hardship is when you are too poor to afford proper food or shelter and you must try to endure the hard times and deprivation.
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Disaster A disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.eveloping countries suffer the greatest costs when a disaster hits – more than 95 percent of all deaths caused by hazards occur in developing countries, and losses due to natural hazards are 20 times greater (as a percentage of GDP) in developing countries than in industrialized countries. Contents.
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Great Famine (Ireland) For other famines in Ireland, see Irish famine (disambiguation). The Great Famine (Irish: an Gorta Mór, [anˠ ˈgɔɾˠt̪ˠa mˠoːɾˠ]) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852.
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extinction extinction. n. 1. the act of making extinct or the state of being extinct. 2. the act of extinguishing or the state of being extinguished.