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famine
noun as in hunger
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A 2000 working paper from the Institute of Development Studies estimated that 70 million people died from famine in the 20th century, highlighting the significant progress to end this problem thanks to international cooperation.
According to the United Nations, nearly 100,000 people have fled El-Fasher and surrounding areas since the city's fall, while tens of thousands remain trapped in famine conditions after an 18-month-long siege.
There would be many years of famine, unrest, revolution, and other difficulties yet to come.
Hailed by many as one of the greatest live shows of all time, the band had not originally been scheduled to appear at the benefit concert for the 1983-1985 Ethiopia famine.
Mr. Crais argues that fossil-fuel emissions had already begun to force global warming in the 19th century, triggering drought, famine and mass death.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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