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hunger strike
1noun
- a deliberate refusal to eat, undertaken in protest against imprisonment, improper treatment, objectionable conditions, etc.
hunger-strike
2[ huhng-ger-strahyk ]
verb (used without object)
- to go on a hunger strike.
hunger strike
noun
- a voluntary fast undertaken, usually by a prisoner, as a means of protest
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- hunger striker, noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
His hunger strike in December 2011 received nation-wide recognition and was one of the sparks that ignited the protest movement.
I have now decided to go on hunger strike to protest at this injustice.
Scholarism launched protests that culminated in a hunger strike, and Beijing backed off.
Kandari was one of dozens of men last year who went on a hunger strike.
Saleh, he says, has been trying to get him to give up on the hunger strike.
As the dinner proceeds and my modified hunger-strike continues, I begin to regain confidence.
He stated that he was going on a hunger strike until he was allowed to have visitors and see a lawyer.
"We must have a hunger-strike till he apologises," said the thin hen importantly.
It was bringing to perfection its last great tactical manoeuvre, the massed raid followed by the hunger-strike in prison.
Members have been forced to resort to the hunger strike as a means of getting better food in many places.
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