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provokers

noun

plural of provoker
as in radicals

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  1. radicals
  2. insurgents
  3. extremists
  4. rebels
  5. insurrectionists
  6. troublemakers
  7. subversives
  8. revolutionaries
Noun
  • Dohrn, who is the son of the longtime radicals Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers and who has taught for several years at Northwestern University, certainly has enjoyed a catbird’s seat on the culture wars of academia.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Hickey is the charismatic traveling salesman who preaches a distorted vision of salvation to the social misfits and leftist radicals in a dive bar in lower Manhattan, modeled on the denizens of a favorite O’Neill hangout.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of radicals
Noun
  • Hundreds joined the insurgents that day, and their numbers soon swelled into the thousands.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Many of the 9/11 hijackers, for instance, initially went to Afghanistan with the intention to acquire skills and connections before traveling onward to Chechnya to fight alongside Chechen insurgents against Russian security forces.
    — Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of insurgents
Noun
  • The caption on the video claims that a group of Muslim extremists kidnapped and beheaded a Christian man for refusing to convert to Islam.
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Dictators chose repression, extremists chose violence, and regional powers pursued their interests.
    — Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of extremists
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  • Mohamed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthis' political bureau, said Washington reached out to the rebels after their rapid advance down Yemen's western coast to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait earlier this month.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The State Department issued a caution warning to Americans in the Middle East on Saturday night after Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a ballistic missile at an airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of rebels
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
Noun
  • Speaking at the 9/11 memorial ceremony, the son of one of the victims, in an impassioned plea, called on troublemakers to stop using the day to spread Islamophobia and hate.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
  • And all you Chicken Jockey popcorn-throwing troublemakers — your impact on moviedom has been swept from the theater.
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of troublemakers
Noun
  • Loners lashing out America has had genuine subversives and left-wing terror networks in the past.
    — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Definition of subversives
Noun
  • The new Congress, established on the revolutionaries’ battle cry of no taxation without representation, also needed to pay the bills.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The new Congress, established on the revolutionaries' battle cry of no taxation without representation, also needed to pay the bills.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of revolutionaries
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