as in rebels
a person who rises up against authority
a would-be insurrectionist with a plan to bomb the capitol
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Recent Examples of insurrectionists
It was left to Keys to try to corral the insurrectionists, who were day-drinking in the lobby.
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Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Fragoso asked of the insurrectionists.
—EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Under Section 3 of the Constitution's 14th Amendment, insurrectionists are banned from holding federal office.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
The numbers indicate an uptick in disapproval for the move after a Reuters/Ipsos poll from last month found that 58 percent of Americans were not in favor of the president pardoning the insurrectionists.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Feb. 2025
At best, these pardons excuse the violence that took place on January 6, and at worst, encourage that kind of violence in the future by essentially promising would-be insurrectionists forgiveness.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 23 Jan. 2025
No, the insurrectionists were not patriots.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2024
Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Fragoso asked of the insurrectionists.
—EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Under Section 3 of the Constitution's 14th Amendment, insurrectionists are banned from holding federal office.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
The numbers indicate an uptick in disapproval for the move after a Reuters/Ipsos poll from last month found that 58 percent of Americans were not in favor of the president pardoning the insurrectionists.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Feb. 2025
At best, these pardons excuse the violence that took place on January 6, and at worst, encourage that kind of violence in the future by essentially promising would-be insurrectionists forgiveness.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 23 Jan. 2025
No, the insurrectionists were not patriots.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurrectionists
Noun
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By 2018, Assad had control of Damascus and Aleppo, and the rebels were confined to a jihadist ministate in Idlib.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday vowed to take revenge for the killing of their prime minister and other political leaders by Israeli airstrikes earlier this week.—
Eyad Kourdi,
CNN Money,
30 Aug. 2025
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This might enable a mission which, for example, a Viper is located covertly next to a safe house known to be used by insurgents.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The state Republicans have routinely witnessed battles between far-right insurgents who in recent years have complained the party isn’t Trumpy enough and the financial institutional wing that has long been the GOP establishment and funded the party for decades.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The film was One Battle After Another, Anderson’s high-octane adaptation of Vineland, Thomas Pynchon’s anarchic 1990 novel about a crew of former leftist revolutionaries — the French 75 — living in a slightly more dystopian version of present-day America.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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Such was the importance placed on the tree for mobilizing resistance that in 1775, it was cut down by British soldiers to demoralize the revolutionaries.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Insurrectionists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurrectionists. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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