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hunger strike

 

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Noun hunger strike has 1 sense
  1. hunger strike - a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest
    --1 is a kind of
    fast, fasting; passive resistance, nonviolent resistance, nonviolence

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Hunger Strike

Noun: A method of protest in which a person refuses to eat, typically to bring attention to their cause or demand a certain action.

Example sentence: During the civil rights movement, activists often embarked on hunger strikes to demand an end to racial segregation.

Verb: To protest or seek attention for a cause by refusing to eat.

Example sentence: The activists decided to hunger strike until the government addressed their demands for climate justice.

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