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• hunger strike
  hunger strike

  noun

  a deliberate refusal to eat, undertaken in protest against imprisonment, improper treatment, objectionable conditions, etc.
• hunger-strike
  hunger-strike

  verb (used without object)

  to go on a hunger strike.

hunger strike

¹ American  

noun

1. a deliberate refusal to eat, undertaken in protest against imprisonment, improper treatment, objectionable conditions, etc.

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hunger-strike ² American  

[huhng-ger-strahyk] / ˈhʌŋ gərˌstraɪk /

verb (used without object)

hunger-struck, hunger-striking

1. to go on a hunger strike.

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hunger strike British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• hunger striker
  noun

Etymology

Origin of hunger strike¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Origin of hunger-strike²

First recorded in 1910–15

Related Words

• fasting