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droughts

NOUN

dryness; shortage of supply

Synonyms

STRONGEST

lack scarcity

STRONG

aridity dearth deficiency dehydration desiccation insufficiency need want

WEAK

dry spell parchedness rainlessness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abundance excess surplus

STRONG

plenty sufficiency

WEAK

monsoon wetness

Example Sentences

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But swathes of southern, west, central and eastern Africa usually see drier-than-normal conditions, raising the risk of droughts.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

"While people have been adapting to the climate for much longer, Bergstrom's abandonment shows that people reorganized in response to recurring droughts in the last 2,000 years," concluded Wendt.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

It boosts temperatures and precipitation and causes flooding and droughts in much of the world.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Acts of God are environmental: droughts, floods, locust plagues and the unusual winters that froze the Thames, contributing to recessions in 1710, 1739-40, 1762 and 1946-47.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

But then something worse happened: Terrible droughts struck the parts of the world that always grew the most food.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix