Term: the irish famine: a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America)
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Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: mural: a painting that is applied to a wall surface
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: writ of detinue: a writ ordering the release of goods that have been unlawfully detained
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: mouth: the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: country people: people living in the same country; compatriots
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: severe acute respiratory syndrome: a respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently originated in mainland China in 2003; characterized by fever and coughing or difficulty breathing or hypoxia; can be fatal
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: congenialness: compatibility between persons
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: support level: (stock market) the price at which a certain security becomes attractive to investors
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: sell: the activity of persuading someone to buy
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: united states trade representative: the executive agency that administers the President's policies on international trade