- hunger strike
- noun Date: 1889 refusal (as by a prisoner) to eat enough to sustain life • hunger striker noun
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hunger strike — hunger strikes N VAR If someone goes on hunger strike or goes on a hunger strike, they refuse to eat as a way of protesting about something. The protesters have been on hunger strike for 17 days... He has begun a hunger strike in protest over… … English dictionary
hunger strike — n [U and C] a situation in which someone refuses to eat for a long time in order to protest about something ▪ 300 students occupied the building and over 50 went on hunger strike . >hunger striker n … Dictionary of contemporary English
hunger-strike — hunger striker. /hung geuhr struyk /, v.i., hunger struck, hunger striking. to go on a hunger strike. [1910 15] * * * … Universalium
Hunger Strike — Single par Temple of the Dog extrait de l’album Temple of the Dog Sortie 1991 Enregistrement 1990 Durée 4:03 Genre Grunge … Wikipédia en Français
hunger strike — hunger ,strike noun count a refusal to eat for a long time, usually by a prisoner protesting against something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hunger strike — ► NOUN ▪ a prolonged refusal to eat, carried out as a protest by a prisoner … English terms dictionary
hunger strike — n. a form of protest in which a prisoner or demonstrator refuses to eat until certain demands are met … English World dictionary
Hunger strike — A hunger strike is a method of non violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change … Wikipedia
hunger strike — noun a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest • Hypernyms: ↑fast, ↑fasting, ↑passive resistance, ↑nonviolent resistance, ↑nonviolence * * * noun, pl ⋯ strikes [count] : the act of refusing to eat as a way of showing that you strongly… … Useful english dictionary
hunger-strike — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ intransitive verb Etymology: hunger strike : to engage in a hunger strike * * * hunger striker. /hung geuhr struyk /, v.i., hunger struck, hunger striking. to go on a hunger strike. [1910 15] * * * hungˈer strike intransitive verb … Useful english dictionary
hunger strike — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms hunger strike : singular hunger strike plural hunger strikes a refusal to eat for a long time, usually by a prisoner protesting against something … English dictionary
