as in partisans
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
militants within the movement insisted that there could be no compromise on the issue
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Recent Examples of militants
Under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, insecurity has worsened as the militants have started operating in the southern region.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
Among the 209 detained, 56 were allegedly ISIS militants, according to the AP.
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Robert McGreevy,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Sullivan and Sodais watched together as the militants seized Herat.
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Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Overnight on July 4, 2025, more than a dozen heavily armed antifa militants belonging to a Dallas-area antifa chapter ambushed Homeland Security personnel guarding the ICE holding site near Fort Worth.
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Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2026
Pakistani officials said 26 militants were killed.
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CBS News,
10 June 2026
The Israeli strikes came after Hezbollah militants’ rockets hit northern Israel.
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Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
The Assad family, members of the sect, ruled Syria for over half a century until Bashar was ousted in December by Sunni Islamist militants who sought to reshape the country’s political and sectarian order.
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Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
Hamas militants killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
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Nidal Al-Mughrabi,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
ABC News,
24 June 2026
Among the 209 detained, 56 were allegedly ISIS militants, according to the AP.
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Robert McGreevy,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Sullivan and Sodais watched together as the militants seized Herat.
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Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Overnight on July 4, 2025, more than a dozen heavily armed antifa militants belonging to a Dallas-area antifa chapter ambushed Homeland Security personnel guarding the ICE holding site near Fort Worth.
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Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2026
Pakistani officials said 26 militants were killed.
—
CBS News,
10 June 2026
The Israeli strikes came after Hezbollah militants’ rockets hit northern Israel.
—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
The Assad family, members of the sect, ruled Syria for over half a century until Bashar was ousted in December by Sunni Islamist militants who sought to reshape the country’s political and sectarian order.
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Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
Hamas militants killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
—
Nidal Al-Mughrabi,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for militants
Noun
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Meanwhile, partisans continued to spar over dozens of Republican bills that would allow voters to lower property taxes for homeowners by raising sales taxes on everyone.
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The mood was jovial, and any banter between the English and Croatian partisans was playful.
Noun
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Conservative activists cost Republicans some competitive Senate seats — the GOP didn’t win control of the upper chamber until nearly halfway through Barack Obama’s second term — but helped win the House and stayed embedded in their deep-red districts.
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Second, CEFs could have faced a wave of lawsuits from activists, costing time and money.
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The book is full of stories of villains, like the venomous heroin that took so many of Seattle’s crusaders as well as the music industry that never quite understood where Soundgarden belonged.
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The facility remains popular among anti-immigrant crusaders, and Attorney General Uthmeier’s campaign store sells Alligator Alcatraz bumper stickers, T-shirts, and caps.
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“Militants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militants. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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