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noun • an acute insufficiency • a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death | ||||||||
| 43% | 11 | Acute food shortage | ||||||
noun • a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period | ||||||||
| 37% | 5 | Acute … or the opposite of acute | ||||||
noun • death of a person • a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) • a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation adjective satellite • dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm • of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought verb • shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it • carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | ||||||||
Acute Shortage Crossword Clue
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FAMINE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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FAMINE
Updated: October 10, 2023
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| New York Times02 May 1993 | Down 86 | |
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