Dictionary

hunger strike en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio

Meanings

1. A fast undertaken as a means of protest, often by a prisoner.
   • 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. 2025 August 1, Jamie Guirola, “'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees on hunger strike for 10th day, protesting conditions”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2025:
   • 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. 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, “Life in a Russian Prison”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2022, retrieved 24 Sep 2013:

Forms

Deriveds

hunger striker

Translations (57)

ar اِضْرَاب عَن الطَّعَام (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · cmn 絕食 /绝食 (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · ru голодо́вка (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · pl głodówka (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · uk голодо́вка (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · de Hungerstreik (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · ba аслыҡ (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · fr grève de la faim (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · cmn 絕食抗議 /绝食抗议 (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · hu éhségsztrájk (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · ja ハンガー・ストライキ (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · da sultestrejke (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · et näljastreik (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · fa اعتصاب غذا (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · it sciopero della fame (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · hy հացադուլ (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · fi syömälakko (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · ms mogok lapar (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · ht grèv grangou (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · ga stailc ocrais (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · fi nälkälakko (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · es huelga de hambre (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · alt торолош (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · ko 단식투쟁 (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · xal харһнлт (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · oc cauma de la fam (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · lv badastreiks (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · cy streic newyn (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · lt bãdo strei̇̃kas (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · is hungurverkfall (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · vi tuyệt thực (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · eo malsatstriko (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · hsb hłodowy stawk (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · sk hladovka (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · eu gose greba (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · id mogok makan (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · nl hongerstaking (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · be галадо́ўка (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · ms mogok makan (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · nb sultestreik (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · uk голоді́вка (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · pl strajk głodowy (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · ca vaga de fam (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · cs hladovka (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · pt greve de fome (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · ro greva foamei (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · tr açlık grevi (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · oc grèva de la fam (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · fo hungursverkfall (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · alt курсактыҥ мойношконы (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · ja ハンスト (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · az aclıq (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · ka შიმშილობა (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · sv hungerstrejk (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · nn sveltestreik (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · ta உண்ணாவிரத போராட்டம் (a fast undertaken as a means of protest) · gu ભૂખહડતાળ (a fast undertaken as a means of protest)