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 Definitions of hunger strike  [ˈhʌŋ gər]  

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Definition of 'hunger strike' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) hunger strike
a deliberate refusal to eat, undertaken in protest, as against imprisonment or social injustice.

Etymology:  (1885–90)

Definition of 'hunger strike' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) hunger strike
a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest


Translation of 'hunger strike' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a refusal to eat, as a form of protest or to force (someone) to agree to certain demands etc
The prisoners went on hunger strike as a protest against prison discipline.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: eetstaking Arabic flag Arabic: إضْراب عن الطَّعام Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гладна стачка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: greve de fome Czech flag Czech: hladovka German flag German: der Hungerstreik
Danish flag Danish: sultestrejke Greek flag Greek: απεργία πείνας Spanish flag Spanish: huelga de hambre
Estonian flag Estonian: näljastreik Farsi flag Farsi: اعتصاب غذا Finnish flag Finnish: nälkälakko
French flag French: grève de la faim Hebrew flag Hebrew: שְׁבְיתַת רָעָב Hindi flag Hindi: भूख हड़ताल
Croatian flag Croatian: štrajk gladu Hungarian flag Hungarian: éhségsztájk Indonesian flag Indonesian: mogok makan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hungurverkfall Italian flag Italian: sciopero della fame Japanese flag Japanese: ハンスト
Korean flag Korean: 단식 투쟁 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: bado streikas Latvian flag Latvian: bada streiks
Malay flag Malay: mogok lapar Dutch flag Dutch: hongerstaking Norwegian flag Norwegian: sultestreik
Polish flag Polish: strajk głodowy Persian flag Persian: اعتصاب غذا Pashto flag Pashto: د خوړو اعتصاب کول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: greve da fome Romanian flag Romanian: greva foamei Russian flag Russian: голодовка
Slovak flag Slovak: hladovka Slovenian flag Slovenian: gladovna stavka Serbian flag Serbian: štrajk glađu
Swedish flag Swedish: hungerstrejk Thai flag Thai: การอดข้าวประท้วง Turkish flag Turkish: açlık grevi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 絕食抗議 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: голодування Urdu flag Urdu: بھوک ہڑتال
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cuộc tuyệt thực Chinese flag Chinese: 绝食抗议

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