Verbs for Famine

—attacks; —besieges; —blights; —clings; —devastates; —distresses; —ensues; —frustrates; —punishes; —prevails; —ravages; —reduces; —subdues; bring—; die in—; expose to—; incur—; keep—at bay; lament—; perish in—; recover from—; suffer—; threaten with—.