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hunger strike

1

noun

  1. 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)

, hun·ger-struck, hun·ger-strik·ing.
  1. to go on a hunger strike.

hunger strike

noun

  1. a voluntary fast undertaken, usually by a prisoner, as a means of protest
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • hunger striker, noun
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Other Words From

  • hunger striker noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hunger strike1

First recorded in 1885–90

Origin of hunger strike2

First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences

Thirty-three people that morning decided to go on a hunger strike.

Through the pane of glass that serves as a window at one end of the pod, we learned that one next to ours had begun a hunger strike.

Those buzzing stinging monsters can finish up a man faster than any hunger strike.

From Time

Navalny’s health has been deteriorating since he was imprisoned, and he began a hunger strike three weeks ago to protest his lack of medical treatment.

From Time

He briefly went on hunger strike in August 2020, citing a lack of protection in prison, after another inmate attacked him.

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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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