devastating famine
Frequency: 6.02.9 per million words
extreme scarcity of food, causing widespread suffering and death
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- The country has never fully recovered from the devastating famine of the 19th century.
- The region was struck by a devastating famine that lasted three years.
- International aid agencies are warning of a potential devastating famine in the region.
- Aid organizations rushed to help victims of the devastating famine in East Africa.
- Years of relentless drought led to a devastating famine that claimed millions of lives.
- Climate change has increased the risk of devastating famines worldwide.
- The civil war created the conditions for a devastating famine to take hold.
- The devastating famine displaced millions of people from their homes.
- Survivors shared harrowing stories of the devastating famine that swept through their homeland.
- Historical records show that the devastating famine killed over a million people.
- Historical records paint a grim picture of the devastating famine and its aftermath.
- International donors pledged billions to combat the devastating famine.
- Without immediate intervention, the food shortage could escalate into a devastating famine.
- Children are often the most vulnerable during a devastating famine.
- The book chronicles the human cost of the devastating famine that followed the crop failure.
- The government failed to prevent the devastating famine despite early warnings.
- It was a devastating famine, one of the worst in the nation's recorded history.
- Relief workers described the devastating famine as the worst in decades.
- Efforts to rebuild were constantly hampered by the lingering effects of the devastating famine.
- Economic sanctions contributed to the devastating famine affecting rural communities.