hunger strike

Frequency: 7.815.2 per million words

a form of protest where someone refuses to eat

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Examples (10)

  • About 60 prisoners have gone on hunger strike.
  • The activists announced they would begin a hunger strike to protest the new law.
  • She is on the fifth day of her hunger strike for better prison conditions.
  • The doctor warned him about the dangers of continuing his hunger strike.
  • Support for the hunger strike movement has grown significantly.
  • Ending the hunger strike requires negotiations with the authorities.
  • He vowed to maintain his hunger strike until his demands were met.
  • Several students joined the hunger strike outside the university administration building.
  • The government was pressured to respond to the prisoners' hunger strike.
  • During the hunger strike, only water was consumed.