to go on hunger strike
11hunger-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 …
12hunger 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 …
13call off a hunger strike — terminate a hunger strike, end a hunger strike …
14hunger strike — hun′ger strike n. a deliberate refusal to eat, undertaken in protest, as against imprisonment or social injustice • Etymology: 1885–90 hun′ger strike , v.i. struck, strik•ing. hun′ger strik er, n …
15hunger strike — noun Date: 1889 refusal (as by a prisoner) to eat enough to sustain life • hunger striker noun …
16hunger strike — noun a prolonged refusal to eat, carried out as a protest by a prisoner. Derivatives hunger striker noun …
17hunger strike — noun (C) a situation in which someone refuses to eat for a long time in order to protest about something hunger striker noun (C) …
181981 Irish hunger strike — | accessdate = 2007 05 26] The second hunger strike took place in 1981 and was a showdown between the prisoners and the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. One hunger striker, Bobby Sands, was elected as a Member of Parliament during the strike,… …
19The Hunger Strike — Infobox Boondocks Episode Title = The Hunger Strike Caption = Airdate = March 16, 2008 Season no. = 2 Episode no. = Production no. = 210 Writer = Aaron McGruder Rodney Barnes Director = Dan Fausett Guests = Cee Lo Green, Donald Faison, Tavis… …
20Artistic reactions to the 1981 Irish hunger strike — Between the 1 March 1976 and the 3 October 1981 Irish Republican prisoners in HM Prison Maze carried out a variety of protests against the withdrawal of Special Category Status for prisoners convicted of proscribed terrorism offences. These… …
