"hunger strike" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hunger strikes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hunger strike (plural hunger strikes)
  1. A fast undertaken as a means of protest, often by a prisoner. Translations (a fast undertaken as a means of protest): հացադուլ (hacʿadul) (Armenian), аслыҡ (aslıq) (Bashkir), gose greba (Basque), галадо́ўка (haladóŭka) [feminine] (Belarusian), vaga de fam [feminine] (Catalan), 絕食 (Chinese Mandarin), 绝食 (juéshí) (Chinese Mandarin), hladovka [feminine] (Czech), hongerstaking [feminine] (Dutch), nälkälakko (Finnish), grève de la faim [feminine] (French), Hungerstreik [masculine] (German), ભૂખહડતાળ (bhūkhhaḍtāḷ) (Gujarati), éhségsztrájk (Hungarian), hungurverkfall [neuter] (Icelandic), stailc ocrais [feminine] (Irish), sciopero della fame [masculine] (Italian), ハンガー・ストライキ (hangā-sutoraiki) (Japanese), ハンスト (hansuto) (Japanese), харһнлт (xarğnlt) (Kalmyk), 단식파업 (dansikpa'eop) (Korean), bado streikas (Lithuanian), mogok lapar (Malay), głodówka [feminine] (Polish), strajk głodowy [masculine] (Polish), greve de fome [feminine] (Portuguese), greva foamei [feminine] (Romanian), голодо́вка (golodóvka) [feminine] (Russian), hladovka [feminine] (Slovak), торолош (torološ) (Southern Altai), huelga de hambre [feminine] (Spanish), hungerstrejk [common-gender] (Swedish), açlık grevi (Turkish), голодо́вка (holodóvka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), голоді́вка (holodívka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tuyệt thực (Vietnamese), streic newyn [feminine] (Welsh)

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      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "word": "tuyệt thực"
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