Antonyms for famine
ˈfæm ɪnfamine

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1. • Calamity
   • Lack

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1. dearth, famine, shortagenoun

   an acute insufficiency

   Synonyms:
   shortfall, shortage, deficit, dearth, paucity

2. faminenoun

   a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

   Synonyms:
   shortage, dearth

How to use famine in a sentence?

1. Jamie McGoldrick:

   This epidemic is spreading further and faster than anything we've seen before, what will happen is that this cholera outbreak will in fact exacerbate the conditions and the threat of famine in more places than ever in the country.

2. Abderrahmane Sissako:

   I'm here because I'm African ... Africa needs to be more considered because Africa is not only war or famine.

3. Jamie McGoldrick:

   What will happen is that this cholera outbreak will in fact exacerbate the conditions and the threat of famine in more places than ever in the country.

4. Many Americans:

   It's like a famine in Africa: people basically say, 'I don't like it, I wish somebody would do something about it, but I don't see what I can do and how it directly relates to my life,'.

5. Franz Rauchenstein:

   I wouldn't talk about famine for the time-being, that is not yet the case. But we could well go into a situation where the situation becomes more dire especially in the next three to four months.

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