KINDLERS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

kindlers

noun

plural of kindler

as in rebels

a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent a kindler of riots and public protests, the anarchist Emma Goldman was eventually deported to Russia

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Noun

Yemen's military said the rebels targeted both the port city of Mokha on the Red Sea coast and the central province of Marib with missiles and drones, but did not provide further details.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
The clash, which occurred on Monday in the Sakaba council area of Kebbi state, also left two civilians and 17 of the rebels dead, police spokesperson Bashir Usman said in a statement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of rebels

Noun

As the court met Monday on Yabloko’s appeal, the party’s supporters gathered outside the courthouse and Russian media reported that several dozen people were detained.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
That's where authorities broke up confrontations and made some arrests after supporters from both sides clashed.

— J.D. Miles, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of supporters

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The idea sometimes asserted by promoters that asset protection planning can allow a person to decrease their insurance coverage is false.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
But in Southern California’s wealthy foothill enclaves, event promoters are regularly transforming these types of regal estates into weekend party houses filled with young people who are willing to pay to enter.

— Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of promoters

Noun

Andrew Sweetman, the Scottish marine biogeochemist who led the work, hadn’t made such claims, but he was still pilloried by fellow-scientists, and proponents of mining accused him of being an anti-mining crusader.

— James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
The proponents of those ideas believe that spreading them can shift the boundaries of debate — that nothing else will do so in a media environment where conservatives hold enormous power.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of proponents

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Assad and his brother Maher fled to Russia after insurgents marched into Damascus in December 2014.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Tuesday’s primaries refused to settle into one of the storylines written in the weeks after Colorado’s primaries, where insurgents in both parties wildly overperformed.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of insurgents

Noun

The ritual confers the Holy Spirit from one bishop to another and recalls Christ’s gesture to his apostles.

— Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Seven Mountains has brought the language of spiritual warfare and demon-fighting into the mainstream of evangelicalism, through a network of pastors who view themselves as prophets and apostles engaged in a battle against evil secular forces.

— Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

Definition of apostles

Noun

Some of the speculation comes from state workers who are unhappy with the governor’s decision, the moderator said, but the subreddit’s activity also attracts outside agitators who are obviously not government employees.

— William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026
Top-load washers with agitators or impellers clean tough fabrics well by physically moving clothes to loosen dirt.

— Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 20 July 2026

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