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)

hunger-struck, hunger-striking 

1. to go on a hunger strike.

hunger strike

noun

1. a voluntary fast undertaken, usually by a prisoner, as a means of protest

Other Word Forms

• hunger striker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hunger strike¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Origin of hunger strike²

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

"When I came out of that, I stopped the hunger strikes because I was a bit terrified of how far I went," he says.

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The union appealed the decision to the Bombay High Court, and several members went on a highly publicized hunger strike along with politicians from the opposition party.

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More than 40 were confirmed to be on hunger strike on Sunday, according to the GSF.

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Behind the walls of California City Detention Facility, more than a hundred men staged hunger strikes during several days this month and refused to go back to their cells, protesting poor conditions.

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"He continued with the hunger strike and misleading the people through provocative mention of Arab Spring-style protest and references to Gen-Z protests in Nepal."

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