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threat of famine

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  • threat — W2S2 [θret] n [: Old English;] 1.) [U and C] a statement in which you tell someone that you will cause them harm or trouble if they do not do what you want ▪ Your threats don t scare me. threat of ▪ the threat of military invasion threat from ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Famine in India — Owing to its almost entire dependence upon the monsoon rains, India is more liable than any other country in the world to crop failures, which upon occasion deepen into famine. [ [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Famine Famine] , Encyclopaedia… …   Wikipedia

  • famine — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ devastating, great, severe, terrible ▪ widespread ▪ man made VERB + FAMINE ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • threat — /Tret/ noun 1 (C, U) a statement that you will cause someone pain, unhappiness, or trouble: Your threats don t scare me! (+ of): the threat of strike action | make/issue a threat against: Threats have been made against the book s author. | give… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Famine scales — are the ways in which degrees of food security are measured, from situations in which an entire population has adequate food to full scale famine. The word famine has highly emotive and political connotations and there has been extensive… …   Wikipedia

  • Famine — This article is about scarcity of food. For other uses, see Famine (disambiguation). Child victim of the Holodomor. A famine is a widespread scarcity of food. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation …   Wikipedia

  • Bengal famine of 1943 — The Bengal famine of 1943 is one amongst the several famines that occurred in British administered Bengal. It is estimated that around 4 million people [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ockham/stories/s19040.htm] died from starvation and… …   Wikipedia

  • Legacy of the Great Irish Famine — For the main article on the Great Irish Famine, see Great Irish Famine. Political and cultural impact of the FamineIn IrelandPolitical reaction resulting from the Great Irish Famine was muted, because of the extremely limited electoral franchise… …   Wikipedia

  • Ethiopia — /ee thee oh pee euh/, n. 1. Formerly, Abyssinia. a republic in E Africa: formerly a monarchy. 58,732,577; 409,266 sq. mi. (1,060,000 sq. km). Present boundaries include Eritrea. Cap.: Addis Ababa. 2. Also called Abyssinia. an ancient region in NE …   Universalium

  • Social Protection — ▪ 2006 Introduction With medical costs skyrocketing and government programs scaled back, citizens bore more responsibility for their health care costs; irregular migration, human trafficking, and migrant smuggling posed challenges for… …   Universalium

  • Bangladesh — /bahng gleuh desh , bang /, n. republic in S Asia, N of the Bay of Bengal: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations; a former province of Pakistan. 125,340,261; 54,501 sq. mi. (141,158 sq. km). Cap.: Dhaka. Formerly, East Pakistan. * * *… …   Universalium

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