Definition of "hunger strike" []

• A voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest, as by a prisoner. (noun)

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• "Pankaj Nangia/Associated Press Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev announced at a press conference he would continue his hunger strike in his ashram in Haridwar, India, June 5, 2011."
• "In fact, the student strike never happened, but Vallejo Martinez went on a hunger strike by himself, eating nothing but lime water with sugar until he collapsed August 6 and was hospitalized and fed through tubes."
• "The Tamil Tigers protest at Kirrabilli, like you said, it has been peaceful, but there are people threatening to go on hunger strike until they die, is that a concern?"