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hunger strike

A voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest, as by a prisoner.

hunger striker n.

hunger strike

(Sociology) a voluntary fast undertaken, usually by a prisoner, as a means of protest

hunger striker n

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Noun

hunger strike - a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest

fast, fasting - abstaining from food

nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, passive resistance - peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate

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hunger strike

n to be on (a) hunger strike → sich im Hungerstreik befinden; to go on (a) hunger strike → in (den) Hungerstreik treten

hunger strike n → sciopero della fame

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hunger strike (redirected from Hunger strikes)

hunger strike
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