: refusal (as by a prisoner) to eat enough to sustain life
hunger strikernoun
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The port wasn’t the only area seeing labor disruption, with a hunger strike taking place in front of Chattogram’s press club on Saturday.—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Nov. 2025 The show is dedicated to the sacrifices made by the suffragettes — hunger strikes, blood on the brow, bodies collapsing from exhaustion — but what’s not to be forgotten is that mothers, daughters and sisters were there for legacy.—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025 The hunger strike has spread to Wards 1 and 4 in Ghezel Hesar Prison, as well as to the notorious Evin Prison.—Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025 Together with a few colleagues-including her TV boss (Arvydas Dapšys) and a compassionate local dweller (Paulius Pinigis), Daiva starts a hunger strike in a small trailer facing the TV station.—Annika Pham, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hunger strike
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