"hunger strike" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hunger strikes [plural]
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  1. A fast undertaken as a means of protest, often by a prisoner. Translations (a fast undertaken as a means of protest): հացադուլ (hacʻadul) (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), grèv grangou (Haitian Creole), 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), cauma de la fam [feminine] (Occitan), grèva de la fam [feminine] (Occitan), 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), உண்ணாவிரத போராட்டம் (uṇṇāvirata pōrāṭṭam) (Tamil), 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",
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          "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
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          "word": "greve de fome"
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          "word": "greva foamei"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "word": "éhségsztrájk"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hungurverkfall"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stailc ocrais"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sciopero della fame"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hangā-sutoraiki",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "word": "ハンガー・ストライキ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hansuto",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "word": "ハンスト"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "xarğnlt",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "word": "харһнлт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dansikpa'eop",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "word": "단식파업"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "word": "bado streikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "word": "mogok lapar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cauma de la fam"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grèva de la fam"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "głodówka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strajk głodowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "greve de fome"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "greva foamei"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "golodóvka",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "голодо́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hladovka"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "torološ",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "word": "торолош"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "huelga de hambre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hungerstrejk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "uṇṇāvirata pōrāṭṭam",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "word": "உண்ணாவிரத போராட்டம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "word": "açlık grevi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "holodóvka",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "голодо́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "holodívka",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "голоді́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "word": "tuyệt thực"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a fast undertaken as a means of protest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "streic newyn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hunger strike"
}

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