: refusal (as by a prisoner) to eat enough to sustain life
hunger strikernoun
Examples of hunger strike in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebAnatoly Marchenko died from a hunger strike in 1986, and a couple of years later the satanic Soviet Union fell to pieces.—Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024 The same goes for Fassbender’s dramatic, hard-to-watch weight loss as the hunger strike goes on.—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024 Three of the protesters, who were on a hunger strike, hadn’t eaten for 13 days.—Edmund Lee, New York Times, 3 May 2024 Erik, who went on a hunger strike when he and Lyle were first separated, was equally elated.—Kc Baker, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hunger strike
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