hunger strike

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españolhuelga de hambre

Françaisgrève de la faim

DeutschHungerstreik

23 more languages

Catalàvaga de fam

Češtinahladovka

Cymraegstreic newyn

Dansksultestrejke

فارسیاعتصاب غذا

Suominälkälakko syömälakko

ગુજરાતીભૂખહડતાળ

हिन्दीअनशन

Magyaréhségsztrájk

Հայերենհացադուլ

Italianosciopero della fame

日本語ハンガー・ストライキハンスト

한국어단식투쟁

Latviešubadastreiks

Bahasa Melayumogok lapar mogok makan

Nederlandshongerstaking

Polskigłodówka strajk głodowy

Portuguêsgreve de fome

Românăgreva foamei

Русскийголодовка

Svenskahungerstrejk hungerstrejka

Türkçeaçlık grevi

Tiếng Việttuyệt thực

Examples

“Alekhina has become ⟳ a vocal advocate for prisoners’ rights, a sort ⟳ of jailhouse lawyer who has exposed numerous violations, filed copious complaints, and, in May, held an 11-day hunger strike ⟳ that succeeded in changing conditions in her penal colony.”

“A hunger strike ⟳ at a South Florida immigration detention center state officials have ⟳ named “Alligator Alcatraz” has entered its tenth day, as detainees protest ⟳ what they call ⟳ inhumane and dangerous living conditions.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

hunger striker hunger-pain Hungered hungerer Hungerford Hungering

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