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Definition of hunger strike in English: hunger strikenoun A prolonged refusal to eat, carried out as a protest by a prisoner. (尤指囚犯的)绝食抗议 one hundred students began a hunger strike mass noun political prisoners who had gone on hunger strike Example sentencesExamples - The hunger strike empowered a new generation, initially on the streets and then into the ballot box.
- The father had been on a hunger strike and was handcuffed and forcibly removed to another centre.
- While in prison again, he went on a hunger strike, surviving on water for 36 days.
- Recently refugees from Afghanistan staged a hunger strike in protest against their treatment.
- It did not say when she began the hunger strike or how her health condition is.
- He was not allowed to pray, until a hunger strike by inmates led to a relaxation of the rules.
- On May 6, two workers began a hunger strike and were followed by six more two days later.
- Twice since the hunger strike began, the men have needed urgent medical attention.
- In the meantime, he is on a hunger strike in a Canadian jail to protest the US legal system.
- This would not be the case in a hunger strike where the doctor has access to all the information, and the purpose of the strike.
- A pensioner who vowed to starve himself to death in a protest against his treatment in prison has called off his hunger strike.
- She's adamant that she'll begin an indefinite hunger strike once she reaches jail.
- He was arrested in August, began a hunger strike, and was taken to Brixton Prison.
- In Turkish prisons eight people are on hunger strike in protest at prison isolation.
- Her friends say she began a hunger strike 10 days ago after the Home Office told her she would have to return to Iran.
- When the meeting promised for Monday morning did not materialise, the detainees began a hunger strike.
- The hunger strike began on August 29 in the death row section of the prison.
- In prison she went on hunger strikes, a tactic favoured by many of the suffragettes, as a hunger strike meant release from jail.
- Some tried to claw their way over the barbed wire fences, and 20 detainees staged a hunger strike.
- On Monday 4 July, a number of journalists started a hunger strike to protest the article.
Synonyms period of fasting, period of abstinence Definition of hunger strike in US English: hunger strikenounˈhəNGɡər ˈˌstrīkˈhəŋɡər ˈˌstraɪk A prolonged refusal to eat, carried out as a protest by a prisoner. (尤指囚犯的)绝食抗议 one hundred students began a hunger strike mass noun political prisoners who had gone on hunger strike Example sentencesExamples - On Monday 4 July, a number of journalists started a hunger strike to protest the article.
- It did not say when she began the hunger strike or how her health condition is.
- In Turkish prisons eight people are on hunger strike in protest at prison isolation.
- On May 6, two workers began a hunger strike and were followed by six more two days later.
- A pensioner who vowed to starve himself to death in a protest against his treatment in prison has called off his hunger strike.
- He was not allowed to pray, until a hunger strike by inmates led to a relaxation of the rules.
- When the meeting promised for Monday morning did not materialise, the detainees began a hunger strike.
- In the meantime, he is on a hunger strike in a Canadian jail to protest the US legal system.
- Her friends say she began a hunger strike 10 days ago after the Home Office told her she would have to return to Iran.
- Some tried to claw their way over the barbed wire fences, and 20 detainees staged a hunger strike.
- This would not be the case in a hunger strike where the doctor has access to all the information, and the purpose of the strike.
- Recently refugees from Afghanistan staged a hunger strike in protest against their treatment.
- She's adamant that she'll begin an indefinite hunger strike once she reaches jail.
- He was arrested in August, began a hunger strike, and was taken to Brixton Prison.
- While in prison again, he went on a hunger strike, surviving on water for 36 days.
- The hunger strike began on August 29 in the death row section of the prison.
- Twice since the hunger strike began, the men have needed urgent medical attention.
- The hunger strike empowered a new generation, initially on the streets and then into the ballot box.
- The father had been on a hunger strike and was handcuffed and forcibly removed to another centre.
- In prison she went on hunger strikes, a tactic favoured by many of the suffragettes, as a hunger strike meant release from jail.
Synonyms period of fasting, period of abstinence |