"droughts" in the noun sense
1. drought, drouth
a shortage of rainfall
"farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"
2. drought, drouth
a prolonged shortage
"when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought"
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