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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
Other 51Թ Forms
- hunger striker noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hunger strike1
Origin of hunger strike2
Example Sentences
Doctors have warned her that - after eight months on hunger strike - she's now at risk of sudden death.
A hunger strike is a battle the striker wages against their own body.
He dealt with his internment without trial in the 1970s and the 1981 Republican hunger strikes, by which time he was Sinn Féin vice president.
But the students involved in the hunger strike say the college isn’t doing enough.
Price, from a Catholic family with a history of resistance, robbed banks, set bombs and went to prison, where she and her sister held a hunger strike.
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