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WordBand 7–8Toofey picks
famine
/ˈfæmɪn/
noun
A serious shortage of food that causes many people to suffer.
- “Drought led to famine across the region.”Toofey
- “That is why so many people are suffering from famine.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))