Famine به انگلیسی

From Longman Dictionary

fam‧ine /ˈfæmɪn/ ●○○ noun

a situation in which a large number of people have little or no food for a long time and many people die

وضعیتی که در آن تعداد زیادی از مردم برای مدت طولانی غذای کمی دارند یا اصلاً غذا ندارند و بسیاری از مردم می میرند

Example

Also invoked against famine and plagues

Similarly, it is indefensible to be inactive in the face of third world poverty and famine

Paradoxically, it was the grain-surplus areas which were most at risk of severe deprivation and periodic famine

Since the seed for this year’s crops has been eaten, the risk of a prolonged famine is increasing

In this way famine can be prevented now and in the future