hunger strike

Noun

Meaning

a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

FAST diet starvation fasting abstinence abstention self-denial xerophagy xerophagia crash diet period of abstinence without food religious fasting voluntary fast keeping fast
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Antonyms

eating habits

Hypernyms

FAST fasting nonviolence passive resistance nonviolent resistance

Examples

A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands. Edwin Louis Cole

There's a group in California that wants to make suicide a capital offense punishable by death. That's like punishing somebody for being on a hunger strike by sending them to bed with no supper. Bill Engvall

Abdekhah’s lawyer did not say if she remained on hunger strike. Source: Internet

All I want to say is that students are getting very weak, it is the 7th day since you went on hunger strike, you can't continue like this. Source: Internet

Actress Payal Ghosh said Sunday she would resort to a hunger strike if no action is taken against filmmaker Anurag Kashyap. Source: Internet

Al-Akhras rejected the deal, saying that he “stood by his demand for immediate release, adding that he would end his hunger strike if, and only if, he was released to his home and his family,” his lawyer Ahlam Haddad told the court at the time. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hunger relief center hunger sauce hunger stone hunger striker hunger strikers hunger strikes