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
October 7 marks two years since Hamas militants stormed into Israel launching a deadly attack that killed 1,200 people and took another 240 hostage, sparking a war in Gaza that still continues today.
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
In February, four Hamas members suspected of plotting attacks on Jewish institutions in Europe went on trial in Berlin in what prosecutors described as the first court case against militants of the Palestinian group in Germany.
—Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
But Israeli critics say the accords instead set the stage for a surge in violence by Palestinian militants.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Still, Nevo's mind often drifts to the moment in Gaza when Palestinian militants detonated explosives in a home, wounding him and killing two close friends in his army unit.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
The Israeli government has also faced plenty of opposition within the country, with regular protests against the war and widespread calls to reach a ceasefire to bring home the hostages captured by Hamas militants in their October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
The film opens in an immigration detention camp, as a band of left-wing political militants known as the French 75 infiltrate the facility to liberate the detained, and detain the military overseers.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
Abbas, as the head of the Palestinian Authority, has been at odds with Hamas since the Islamist militants won municipal elections and forced their more moderate rivals out of Gaza in 2007.
—Andrea Mitchell, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
The film opens in an immigration detention camp, as a band of left-wing political militants known as the French 75 infiltrate the facility to liberate the detained, and detain the military overseers.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
In February, four Hamas members suspected of plotting attacks on Jewish institutions in Europe went on trial in Berlin in what prosecutors described as the first court case against militants of the Palestinian group in Germany.
—Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
But Israeli critics say the accords instead set the stage for a surge in violence by Palestinian militants.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Still, Nevo's mind often drifts to the moment in Gaza when Palestinian militants detonated explosives in a home, wounding him and killing two close friends in his army unit.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
The Israeli government has also faced plenty of opposition within the country, with regular protests against the war and widespread calls to reach a ceasefire to bring home the hostages captured by Hamas militants in their October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
The film opens in an immigration detention camp, as a band of left-wing political militants known as the French 75 infiltrate the facility to liberate the detained, and detain the military overseers.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
Abbas, as the head of the Palestinian Authority, has been at odds with Hamas since the Islamist militants won municipal elections and forced their more moderate rivals out of Gaza in 2007.
—Andrea Mitchell, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
The film opens in an immigration detention camp, as a band of left-wing political militants known as the French 75 infiltrate the facility to liberate the detained, and detain the military overseers.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for militants
Noun
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Before long, though, partisans on the other side had the inflammatory billboards replaced.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Washington urged us to think as Americans first, not partisans.—
Janet Nguyen,
Oc Register,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The platform’s private servers let activists organize out of the public eye, often under pseudonyms, and use text and calling features.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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But, years before Dobbs, a group of activists calling themselves the Respect New Mexico Women campaign began petitioning lawmakers to overturn the ban.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Today’s moral crusaders assume an elementary cause-and-effect relationship between books and readers.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Militants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militants. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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