Related Words for famines

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Word	Syllables	Categories
dearth	/	Noun, Noun
shortage	/x	Noun, Noun
starvation	x/x	Noun
droughts	/	Noun
poverty	/xx	Noun
privations	x/x	Noun
genocides	/xx	Noun
hunger	/x	Noun
epidemics	xx/x	Noun
plagues	/	Noun
pandemics	x/x	Noun
malnutrition	xx/x	Noun
desertification	/xxx/x	Noun
crises	/x	Noun
farms	/	Noun
disasters	x/x	Noun
floods	/	Noun
rations	/x	Noun
destitution	/xxx	Noun
cholera	/xx	Noun
malaria	x/xx	Noun
deprivations	xx/x	Noun
wildfires	/xx	Noun
calamities	x/xx	Noun
hunger pangs	/x/	Phrase
penury	/xx	Noun
agriculture	/xxx	Noun
malthusian	/xxx	Noun
massacres	/xx	Noun
farmers	/x	Noun
catastrophes	x/xx	Noun
dysentery	/xxx	Noun
great depression	/x/x	Name, Name
hardships	/x	Noun
diets	/x	Noun
families	/xx	Noun
apocalyptic	xxx/x	Noun
hurricanes	/xx	Noun
fasting	/x	Noun
survival	x/x	Noun
impoverished	x/x	Adjective
natural disaster	/xxx/x	Phrase, Noun
deaths	/	Noun
slavery	/xx	Noun
typhus	/x	Noun
typhoons	x/	Noun
familial	x/x	Adjective
black plague	//	Name, Name
fatalities	x/xx	Noun
africa	/xx	Name
tragedies	/xx	Noun
devastation	xx/x	Noun
diseases	x/x	Noun
infant mortality	/xx/xx	Phrase, Noun
peasants	/x	Noun
deserts	/x	Noun
refugees	/xx	Noun
bubonic plague	x/x/	Phrase, Noun
antipoverty	xx/xx	Noun
slaves	/	Noun
riots	/x	Noun
floodwaters	/xx	Noun
sen	/	Noun
earthquakes	/x	Noun
recurring	x/x	Verb
wars	/	Noun
harvests	/x	Noun
ravages	/xx	Noun
purges	/x	Noun
decimated	/xxx	Verb
periodic	xx/x	Adjective
revolts	x/	Noun
feasts	/	Noun
recurrent	x/x	Adjective
disastrous	x/x	Adjective
avert	x/	Verb
periodical	xx/xx	Adjective
severest	x/x	Adjective
ethiopian	xx/xx	Adjective
rebellions	x/x	Noun
afflicted	x/x	Verb
failures	/x	Noun
demography	x/xx	Noun
invasions	x/x	Noun
ethiopia	xx/xx	Name
worst	/	Adjective
depressions	x/x	Noun
emergencies	x/xx	Noun
terrible	/xx	Adjective
frequent	/x	Adjective
troubles	/x	Noun
appalling	x/x	Adjective
rajasthan	xx	Name
fires	/x	Noun
widespread	//	Adjective
resisting	x/x	Verb
occurred	x/	Verb
unrest	x/	Noun
storms	/	Noun
consequent	/xx	Adjective
irish	/x	Adjective
suffered	/x	Verb
dreadful	/x	Adjective
emperors	/xx	Noun
alleviate	x/xx	Verb
india	/xx	Name
notices	/xx	Noun
revolutions	xx/x	Noun
caused	/	Verb
preventing	x/x	Verb
bengal	/x	Name
assessments	x/x	Noun
swept	/	Verb
massive	/x	Adjective
wake	/	Noun
horrible	/xx	Adjective
localized	/xx	Verb
horrors	/x	Noun
occasional	x/xx	Adjective
occurrence	x/x	Noun
ireland	/xx	Name
repeated	x/x	Verb
succession	x/x	Noun
aggravated	/xxx	Verb
adapting	x/x	Verb
ensuing	/xx	Verb
resultant	x/x	Adjective
recorded	x/x	Adjective
victims	/x	Noun
combat	/x	Verb
eclipses	x/x	Noun, Verb
migrations	x/x	Noun
mutinies	/xx	Noun
outbreaks	/x	Noun
panics	/x	Noun
persecutions	xx/x	Noun
pogroms	x/	Noun