subversives

plural of subversive

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of subversives Loners lashing out America has had genuine subversives and left-wing terror networks in the past. Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subversives
Noun
  • The Romans were masters at using rewards and punishment to manage foreign states, from grants of citizenship to massacres of rebels.
    Barry Strauss, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Currently Colombia’s security forces are facing their biggest threat since the 2016 peace deal with FARC rebels, fighting a slew of powerful armed groups tied to the narcotics trade.
    Alfie Pannell, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The best challenger brands think like cultural insurgents.
    Erik Huberman, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Islamist insurgents have since May attacked Malian and foreign-owned businesses, including cement factories, sugar factories, and mines.
    Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At the time, the French people reporting on the ground and from abroad held Dessalines and other Haitian revolutionaries to a different standard.
    Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The Mexican actor plays revolutionaries in both season 2 of Star Wars series Andor and new movie musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Notable inmates once held at the jail include Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, civil rights leader Malcolm X and mobster Whitey Bulger, according to records.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Tara could fall into that category, just like the Abbotsfield shooter and the trio of eco-anarchists who are deployed later in the episode.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The high-concept social experiment show, in which a group of strangers work together to uncover the traitors, sorry, werewolves, amongst them, was a breakout hit on Canal+ in France and has already been adapted for ARD’s online service in Germany.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Ross was selected as a murderous game player in the opening episode of the BBC series, working alongside fellow traitors Cat Burns and Alan Carr to hunt down faithfuls.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Subversives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subversives. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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