RED HOTS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

red hots

noun

plural of red hot

as in partisans

one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause the inflammatory language favored by the red hots is simply polarizing voters and stifling all dialogue

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Noun

Exhibited for the first time outside of Sarajevo, the churning Socialist Realist homage invokes Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People in figuring partisans heroically overcoming their would-be Nazi aggressors.

— Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026
Reynolds tracks the willingness of northern partisans—Carl Schurz, Horace Greeley, Lyman Trumbull, and even Sumner himself—to abandon that cause by the dwindling references to Jamestown and Plymouth.

— James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Definition of partisans

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Brent crude climbed back above $100 a barrel last week after Houthi militants attacked two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea, deepening a supply threat that had eased before the collapse of the Middle East ceasefire.

— Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 27 July 2026
Three Israelis have been killed in attacks by Palestinian militants in 2026, including the two soldiers Friday.

— Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of militants

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Day laborers and activists came from across Southern California, including San Diego and the Antelope Valley, to discuss the effects of ICE raids on their lives.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
Students, professionals, families and activists joined rallies in New Delhi and other cities across India.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2026

Definition of activists

Noun

If such pusillanimity continues, Democrats risk losing their party to a band of true believers no less destructive than the furthest extremes of the MAGA movement.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
The decline in SpaceX’s stock, amazingly, seems orderly, like some of Tesla’s earlier sell-offs, where true believers relished the opportunity to buy more at better prices.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 July 2026

Definition of true believers

Noun

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.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 June 2026
The facility remains popular among anti-immigrant crusaders, and Attorney General Uthmeier’s campaign store sells Alligator Alcatraz bumper stickers, T-shirts, and caps.

— Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026

Definition of crusaders

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