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hunger strikes

hunger strikes is the plural of hunger strike.

Meaning of hunger strike

Noun

hunger strike (plural hunger strikes)

  1. A fast undertaken as a means of protest, often by a prisoner.
    • Alekhina has become a vocal advocate for prisoners’ rights, a sort of jailhouse lawyer who has exposed numerous violations, filed copious complaints, and, in May, held an 11-day hunger strike that succeeded in changing conditions in her penal colony.2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, “Life in a Russian Prison”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2022, retrieved 24 Sep 2013

Questions about hunger strikes

What is hunger strikes the plural of?
Hunger strikes is the plural of hunger strike.

Words near hunger strikes in the dictionary

  1. hunger stone
  2. hunger stones
  3. hunger strike
  4. hunger striker
  5. hunger strikers
  6. hunger strikes
  7. hunger-pain
  8. hunger-pains
  9. hungerbitten
  10. hungered
  11. hungerer

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