Antonym: wet. Similar words: ought to, through, roughly, a thought, go through, thorough, all through, get through. Meaning: [draʊt] n. 1. a shortage of rainfall 2. a prolonged shortage.
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121. Hardly anyone had forecast that the drought would last so long.
122. With critical power shortages throughout the region, the timing could not be worse for a looming emergency drought declaration.
123. He calls the drought the worst natural disaster to hit Texas this century.
124. Farmers have faced the double whammy of a freeze and a drought this year.
125. Studies link the drought to a sunspot cycle not due to end until the millennium.
126. Then there was a long drought which produced a very poor harvest.
127. During the same period, the city experienced its first severe drought.
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128. In his benevolent aspect he is the source of rain and hence petitioned to alleviate drought, and also to prevent meningitis.
129. As El Ni o ebbs away, drought follows the torrential rain.
130. For months, attention has been riveted on a devastating drought now in its fourth year.
131. The drought and consequent famine struck most of the country.
132. Drought resulted in decreased root growth and slower breakdown of soil litter, an important source of magnesium for forest trees.
133. The worst drought in 30 years and an upsurge in fighting has created huge armies of refugees.
134. Another issue highlighted in the report was the alleged importation of toxic maize as part of a drought relief effort.
135. Others plan to leave the Southwest for northern states untouched by the drought that has left Arizona a tinderbox.
136. There has been a drought all winter,(sentencedict.com) and the townsfolk have been out into the countryside to help water the crops.
137. Many of its own people have been displaced by civil war or uprooted by drought or flood.
138. They can survive long periods of drought encased in mud, until the next rainy season.
139. The heat, and the drought, have set this country on fire.
140. Then came elm disease, followed by smartly by the drought of 1976, which killed off many of the beeches.
141. Plants with well developed root systems will survive the drought better.
142. Furthermore, a temporary local heroin drought was created in the borough.
143. As the drought intensified, Mulholland begged the city fathers to end their abject deification of growth.
144. Under natural conditions some bands die out due to severe drought, disease, or increased predation.
145. Roots of wheat which have been stunted by excessive water in spring will be less able to withstand a summer drought.
146. That ended the Flyers' goal drought at 135 minutes, 28 seconds.
147. The drought that struck the West in the late 1880s did not occlude the entire continent.
148. It puts down roots 10 feet deep, easily withstanding drought and even frequent fires.
149. At the same time, a drought affected the area, and heliotrope had time to grow and go to seed.
150. Conditions have been made worse by intense heat and the continuing drought.
More similar words: ought to, through, roughly, a thought, go through, thorough, all through, get through, throughout, cut through, put through, thoroughly, fall through, run through, come through, pass through, pull through, look through, break through, carry through, at the thought of, follow through, round and round, dough, though, enough, although, as though, daughter, even though.