: refusal (as by a prisoner) to eat enough to sustain life
hunger strikernoun
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On learning that his mother had been hospitalized, Alaa began a hunger strike in prison.—Margaret Busby
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025 The hunger strike comes as the Gaza's Health Ministry reported that at least 51 Palestinians were killed while waiting for aid trucks on Tuesday.—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025 In response, Soueif began a hunger strike, subsisting on water, rehydration salts, and black tea and coffee.—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 23 May 2025 Abd El-Fattah’s mother launched her own hunger strike last September to demand her son’s release.—Mounira Elsamra, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hunger strike
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