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hunger-strike

hunger strike

 
noun
a deliberate refusal to eat, undertaken in protest against imprisonment, improper treatment, objectionable conditions, etc.
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Origin:
1885–90

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hun·ger-strike

   [huhng-ger-strahyk]
verb (used without object), hun·ger-struck, hun·ger-strik·ing.
to go on a hunger strike.
Origin:
1910–15

Related forms
hunger striker, noun
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