noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ devastating , great , severe , terrible
▪ widespread
▪ man-made
VERB + FAMINE
▪ face , suffer
▪
Four million people are now facing ~.
▪
countries that regularly suffer ~s
▪ survive
▪ cause
▪ prevent
FAMINE + VERB
▪ strike
▪
When ~ strikes, it is often women and children who suffer the most.
FAMINE + NOUN
▪ relief
▪ victim
PREPOSITION
▪ during a/the ~
▪
Thousands of people died during the terrible ~ of that year.
PHRASES
▪ a threat of ~