defiers

noun

plural of defier
as in resisters

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  1. challengers
  2. rebels
  3. insurgents
  4. revolutionaries
  5. insurrectionists
  6. mutineers
Noun
  • Bodnar’s campaign was part of a nationwide effort by Democrats to compete in traditionally Republican states by fielding or backing independent challengers.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Early election night returns Tuesday showed incumbents leading in all three Folsom City Council races, with Mike Kozlowski, Sarah Aquino and Anna Rohrbough ahead of their challengers.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of challengers
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  • The rebels made a lightning advance capturing much of Yemen's Red Sea coast and strategic islands in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
    — AHMED HATEM, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry rejected similar Sudanese accusations in a May 5 statement, calling them baseless, and accused Sudan of supporting rebels in its northern Tigray region.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of rebels
Noun
  • Polling averages put Democratic insurgents narrowly ahead or virtually tied with GOP rivals in all the states.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Will the Democrats have to contend with left-wing insurgents like Republicans did the Tea Party?
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of insurgents
Noun
  • Like his fellow revolutionaries, Jefferson recoiled from such aspects of empire, past and present.
    — Jackson Lears, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But, even then, American socialists walked a fine line—they were considered too radical for the mainstream and a mere bourgeois affectation by committed class revolutionaries.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of revolutionaries
Noun
  • Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists.
    — Austin Sarat, Fortune, 24 May 2026
  • The recipients will almost surely be insurrectionists and other allies.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
Definition of insurrectionists
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  • Analysts say the clashes at the Base 101 at the Niamey international airport could have gone either way because of the mutineers’ determination and large numbers until the Russian troops stepped in.
    — Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The fate of the mutineers was not immediately clear and authorities did not disclose any charges against them.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of mutineers
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