: refusal (as by a prisoner) to eat enough to sustain life
hunger strikernoun
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Nine political prisoners are currently on hunger strike.—Oscar Biscet, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025 Michaël Trazzi, an activist who went on a hunger strike outside Google DeepMind’s London headquarters in September, also believes that AI could lead to human extinction.—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for hunger strike
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