famine (n)

n07315790

type n
lex_filenum 11
def a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
Outgoing links
Hypernym calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
Hyponym the Irish Famine, the Great Hunger, the Great Starvation, the Great Calamity
Incoming links
Hyponym calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
Hypernym the Irish Famine, the Great Hunger, the Great Starvation, the Great Calamity

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