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Meanings of locust plague in English
Synonyms
Examples for "locust infestation"
Examples for "locust infestation"
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A great example is the locust infestation in east Africa, which will soon lead to food insecurity.
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Pakistan also has faced its worst locust infestation in two decades, prompting authorities to declare a national emergency.
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The impoverished Central Asian nation bordering Afghanistan has suffered from drought, locust infestation and a record cold winter this year.
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The worst desert- locust infestation in Kenya in 70 years is threatening to spread further into East Africa, jeopardising food security.
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The case study focuses on the Dagang district, a hot spot of locust infestation of China, from 2000 to 2015.
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They move like a plague of locusts, destroying everything in their path.
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After the plague of locusts, the Hebrew question reached serious proportions.
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Revelation; fire, hail, blood, plague of locusts, poison of scorpions, etc.
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That the Lord had sent this plague of locusts in punishment of Israel's sin?
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The " plague of locusts" shall be upon those who sin against them.
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Locust swarms are not new in East Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.
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Few people had looked at how locusts swarm since the 1960s-itwas, frankly, too hard.
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During outbreaks, locust swarms can contain millions of insects travelling thousands of kilometers while devastating vegetation and crops.
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In east Africa, desertification has created ideal conditions for biblical-scale locust swarms that are destroying crops and livelihoods.
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Like locusts swarming over ripe grain.
Usage of locust plague in English
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With their customary fatalism they accepted the locust plague as a necessary evil.
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They had come only because drought and a great locust plague had destroyed their crops and the grazing for their cattle.
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The locust plague is the largest experienced in 70 years and there are fears it will spread right through the continent.
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He would liken this to a locust plague which, though a natural thing, was a riotous act of nature which should be contained.
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A farmers' association in Kenya's northern Laikipia area said it was planning aerial spraying of pesticides to combat the worst locust plague since 1954.
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Droughts and locust plagues caused by cooler spells probably triggered internal wars, the authors said.
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Locust plagues can cause havoc when they occur in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia.
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Locust plagues wiped out harvests on a massive scale, China descended into famine, people started eating people and millions died.
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I could have given the money to cancer research, to the preservation of rainforests, to the fight against locust plagues in East Africa.
Translations for locust plague
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