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hunger strike

noun as in fasting for a cause

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Mr Ratcliffe went on hunger strike twice as part of his campaign for his wife's release.

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Ms Soueif said she had lost a considerable amount of weight very quickly due to her hunger strike.

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Recently he had been on hunger strike to protest against his detention without charge.

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The film tells the story of how the 2013 hunger strike helped make that happen.

"I will not bow to this regime. I will not play by its rules," vowed journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, who has been on hunger strike in a Georgian jail for 25 days.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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