: refusal (as by a prisoner) to eat enough to sustain life
hunger strikernoun
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In mid-October, his Cuban cellmate, Roberto Mosquera del Peral, began a monthlong hunger strike.—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 Mamdani helped lead hunger strikes by the drivers and Schumer worked with him to secure a deal to restructure medallion owners' debts.—CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025 Kaufman told IndieWire the cell phones with which their subjects and collaborators spoke to them over six years — including a hunger strike to draw attention to the mismanagement of the Alabama prison system — were essential to the project.—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 12 Nov. 2025 In a more conventional political drama, Daiva’s hunger strike would light a fire of popular protest which ousts the Soviet forces.—John Hopewell, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hunger strike
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