as in revolutionaries
a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government
radicals staged large, violent protests in the hopes of toppling the government
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Recent Examples of radicals
But a tragedy that falls on this woman and all of the radicals who teach people that immigration is the one type of law that rioters are allowed to interfere with.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
In the wake of an ICE shooting that killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, academics have joined the chorus of left-wing radicals seeking to abolish the federal law enforcement agency.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
But a tragedy that falls on this woman and all of the radicals who teach people that immigration is the one type of law that rioters are allowed to interfere with.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
People — including real-life radicals — are messy.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
At a molecular level, the simulations showed that UV light causes water molecules to break apart, forming hydronium ions, hydroxyl radicals, and free electrons.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
This is unfortunately becoming a trend as radicals continue to attack law enforcement agents around the country.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
This turns the water into hydrogen radicals, hydroxyl radicals, hydrated electrons, molecular hydrogen, and hydrogen peroxide, among others.
—New Atlas, 14 Nov. 2025
With the treaty up for renewal, a group of Black World radicals seeks to stop the agreement so that demons can wipe out humans and overtake our existence.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
In the wake of an ICE shooting that killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, academics have joined the chorus of left-wing radicals seeking to abolish the federal law enforcement agency.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
But a tragedy that falls on this woman and all of the radicals who teach people that immigration is the one type of law that rioters are allowed to interfere with.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
People — including real-life radicals — are messy.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
At a molecular level, the simulations showed that UV light causes water molecules to break apart, forming hydronium ions, hydroxyl radicals, and free electrons.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
This is unfortunately becoming a trend as radicals continue to attack law enforcement agents around the country.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
This turns the water into hydrogen radicals, hydroxyl radicals, hydrated electrons, molecular hydrogen, and hydrogen peroxide, among others.
—New Atlas, 14 Nov. 2025
With the treaty up for renewal, a group of Black World radicals seeks to stop the agreement so that demons can wipe out humans and overtake our existence.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for radicals
Noun
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Parts of the movie were adapted from the novel Vineland, and some of the radical groups and revolutionaries were loosely inspired by real-life movements from the 1960s and 1970s.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
21 Dec. 2025
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Sometimes revolutionaries come on the scene, guiding how mathematicians think about a particular field for generations.—
Jordana Cepelewicz,
Quanta Magazine,
18 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In Africa, extremists exploit ungoverned water scarcity to recruit and control populations.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
6 Jan. 2026
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With no escape, the young band members (played by Anton Yelchin, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, and Callum Turner) are forced into a vicious fight for survival against merciless extremists, led by Patrick Stewart's sinister Darcy Banker.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Radicals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radicals. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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