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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181. Exacerbated by drought, water abstraction has increased by 70 percent over the past three years to satisfy consumer demand.
182. The drought has ended at last, and the reservoirs are filling up again.
183. Successful farming requires equilibrium between sun and rain, drought and flood.
184. The way the year is running we could have a drought at midwinter and snowdrops at harvest time.
185. Or, like Californians in a drought, should we perhaps raise the tops on our convertibles and welcome a little rain?
186. Here, drought is the crux of the matter and whether it is caused by or causes land degradation.
187. Frank Keating declared a drought emergency and instituted a statewide ban on outdoor burning.
188. After floods and a drought,(www.Sentencedict.com) what else can Mother Nature do to us?
189. If the drought continues, officials fear it could drive cattle producers and farmers out of business permanently.
190. Already, he says, it is worse than the drought of 1956, once considered the definitive Texas dry spell.
191. I visited the site in late September, at the end of the summer drought, with the land grey and lifeless.
192. In the early 1980s, there was another severe drought cycle but the adverse impact was less.
193. A severe drought caused most of the crops to fail, then winds reaching hurricane force destroyed what was left.
194. The government gives compensation for all kinds of animals lost during drought or flood but not for sheep and goats.
195. The Red River Valley soil is bone dry after three years of drought.
196. The temperature and drought that summer were as severe as the country had seen since the mid-1930s.
197. The last few years have seen widespread damage to homes through storms, floods, extreme cold and subsidence caused by drought.
198. Some farmers made enough money to buy more land and survive drought years and stay in business.
199. Their ten-year water rights are up for renegotiation in 1997, and will be affected by the drought.
200. The sacrifices they made, along with the end of the drought in 1992, helped bring back the ducks.
201. Drought had prompted ranch manager Matt Swan to move most of the cattle from the 7-L Camp to greener pastures.
202. These animals possess the remarkable ability to withstand intense heat and drought for prolonged periods of time.
203. One of the consequences of the 1988 drought was a sharp reduction in the set-aside programme.
204. To end their drought, the Lakers had to first lose the halftime momentum for the second time this week.
205. The drought could not have come at a worse time for Texas cattle ranchers.
206. This year a severe drought threatens the lives of 3m people, half the population.
207. Britain is now experiencing the longest drought on record since 1745.
208. Drought has caused further problems in the agricultural sector, both for domestic consumption and exports.
209. This summer, the situation has been exacerbated by prolonged drought.
210. Across the state, corn crops failed due to the 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.