hunger strike

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[C,U] the act of refusing to eat for a long period of time in order to protest about sth: to be / go on hunger strike hunger striker noun

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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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hunger strikeEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus hunger strikeEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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hunger strike