DEFIERS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

defiers

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plural of defier

as in resisters

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Donalds defeated several primary challengers, including far-right online provocateur James Fishback.

— Caroline Linton, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Three other school board members who were on cycle for reelection campaigns — Board Chair Mari Tere Rojas, Roberto Alonso and Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall — did not draw challengers and therefore were not on the ballot.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026

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The 11-year-old Batisa said his parents and two of his brothers were killed in an attack by Congolese rebels.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
The Houthi rebels announced a maritime blockade of the Yemeni government's backer Saudi Arabia -- which has led a coalition that heavily bombed Houthi areas throughout the war.

— August 18, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of rebels

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Continue reading … DEM CIVIL WAR — Left-wing insurgents battle moderates Tuesday in races that could flip the House.

— , FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Relations between the Taliban and Pakistan — initially their most important partner — are tense, as Islamabad accuses Kabul of supporting Pakistani insurgents.

— Reuters, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of insurgents

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To make matters worse, ten days later, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Huey Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, published a statement supporting the women’s and gay liberation movements as fellow revolutionaries.

— USA Today, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

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Pitcairn Island Pitcairn is British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific that was famously born from the last refuge of the Bounty mutineers, who arrived in 1789 with a small company of Tahitians.

— Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026
Pitcairn is well-known as the island on which Fletcher Christian and other British mutineers from the HMS Bounty took refuge after the 1789 events that toppled Capt.

— Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026

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