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n. a fast undertaken as a means of protest, often by a prisoner
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n. a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest
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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. Most hunger strikers will take liquids but not solid food.
In cases where an entity (usually the state) has or is able to obtain custody of the hunger striker (such as a prisoner), the hunger strike is often terminated by the custodial entity through the use of force-feeding.
"Hunger Strike" is a song by the American rock band Temple of the Dog. Written by vocalist Chris Cornell, "Hunger Strike" was released in 1991 as the first single from the band's sole studio album, Temple of the Dog (1991). It was Temple of the Dog's most popular song. The song peaked at number four on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Usage examples of "hunger strike".
He thought the suffragettes went too far, and he told her that if she ever grew a mustache or went on a hunger strike in order to get the vote, he would beat her.
Costa Rica called a boycott, organized a hunger strike, and won concessions.
I told of the hunger strike and of the interrogation before my release.
Vince and Billy dying, Mike Childress jumping up and down on his supper and crying out in wretched defiance: Hunger strike!
They had developed a cryptic code during the four visits she had been allowed at Pretoria Central, and not eating well meant that he was on another hunger strike.
He considered making other protests -- going on a hunger strike, maybe.
To inflict that on a lunatic was bad enough, for this might be someone who was not able to recognize the difference between eating and not eating-but to do so on a sane, sober woman who was going on a hunger strike to prove the justice of her cause?
To inflict that on a lunatic was bad enough, for this might be someone who was not able to recognize the difference between eating and not eatingbut to do so on a sane, sober woman who was going on a hunger strike to prove the justice of her cause?
The first child to try a hunger strike on me was your brother Woodrow.
The nuns would not hear of it, so she threw a tantrum, but the nuns knew how to deal with that, so she tried withering scorn, but the nuns could not be withered, so she went on a hunger strike, and finally the nuns surrendered to her demand on a trial basis.