: refusal (as by a prisoner) to eat enough to sustain life
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Read Next Crime ‘Rebellion’ at Idaho prisons: Here’s why men in maximum security joined a hunger strike
August 15, 2024 4:00 AM
Johnson’s prison sentence ends in February, online prison records showed.—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025 Recent Nashville import, Daddy’s Dogs, is not to be missed when hunger strikes during your day at the mountain.—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025 Women who mounted hunger strikes in protest were force-fed, a painful procedure.—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Jan. 2025 Intellectuals led by the literary critic Liu Xiaobo joined a hunger strike in solidarity.—Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hunger strike
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