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hunger strike
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hunger strike
n.
A voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest, as by a prisoner.
hunger striker n.
hunger strike
n
(Sociology) a voluntary fast undertaken, usually by a prisoner, as a means of protest
hunger striker  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hunger strikehunger strike - a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest
fast, fasting - abstaining from food
nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, passive resistance - peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
Translations
hunger strike
n to be on (a) hunger strike → sich im Hungerstreik befinden; to go on (a) hunger strike → in (den) Hungerstreik treten
hunger strike n → sciopero della fame
hunger strike n → sciopero della fame


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When the Frente Civica camp was attacked by angry construction workers, the three hunger strikers moved to the ruins.
Teoti-Wal-Mart by Ross, John / The Progressive
``Iron Jawed Angels'' explores both the grisly - and the girly - side of the suffrage movement: Wrenching depictions of vicious force-feedings of a hunger striker go hand-in-hand with girl talk of boys and hats; we even watch as Swank's character, Alice Paul, pleasures herself in a bathtub while recalling a pleasant day out with a gentleman caller.
`IRON JAWED ANGELS:' A YES VOTE ON HBO SUFFRAGE DRAMA by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The March 19 Saudi Gazette reported the death of 30-year-old Turkish hunger striker Dogan Tokmak after 290 days of nothing but sugar water and vitamins.
Hunger strikers persist in Turkey. (Issues in the News) by Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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