hunger strike
a deliberate refusal to eat, undertaken in protest against imprisonment, improper treatment, objectionable conditions, etc.
Origin of hunger strike
1Words Nearby hunger strike
Other definitions for hunger-strike (2 of 2)
to go on a hunger strike.
Origin of hunger-strike
2Other words from hunger-strike
- hunger striker, noun
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How to use hunger strike in a sentence
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.
Russia Is Murdering the Kremlin's Biggest Critic in Plain Sight. Who Will Save Alexei Navalny? | Michael Weiss | April 22, 2021 | TimeNavalny’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.
'The Putin Regime Is Trying to Kill Him.' Alexei Navalny's Ailing Health Is Worrying the World | Madeline Roache | April 19, 2021 | TimeHe briefly went on hunger strike in August 2020, citing a lack of protection in prison, after another inmate attacked him.
Journalists faced new threats in 2020. These 10 and countless others deserve justice | lbelanger225 | January 4, 2021 | Fortune
His hunger strike in December 2011 received nation-wide recognition and was one of the sparks that ignited the protest movement.
Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015 | Movements.Org | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI have now decided to go on hunger strike to protest at this injustice.
An American Marine in Iran’s Prisons Goes on Hunger Strike | IranWire | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTScholarism 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.
A Navy Lawyer Cries Foul on Gitmo’s Kafkaesque Legal System | Eleanor Clift | September 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSaleh, he says, has been trying to get him to give up on the hunger strike.
Al Jazeera Journo Abdullah El-Shamy Goes On Hunger Strike In Egyptian Jail | Jonathan Krohn | March 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs the dinner proceeds and my modified hunger-strike continues, I begin to regain confidence.
Bizarre | Lawton MackallHe stated that he was going on a hunger strike until he was allowed to have visitors and see a lawyer.
Games | Katherine MacLean"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.
The Tree of Heaven | May SinclairMembers have been forced to resort to the hunger strike as a means of getting better food in many places.
100%: The Story of a Patriot | Upton Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for hunger strike
a voluntary fast undertaken, usually by a prisoner, as a means of protest
Derived forms of hunger strike
- hunger striker, noun
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