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
The Assad family, members of the sect, ruled Syria for over half a century until Bashar was ousted in December by Sunni Islamist militants who sought to reshape the country’s political and sectarian order.
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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
Hamas militants killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
—Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Israel’s military offensive has killed more than 48,000 Palestinians in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which doesn’t say how many of the dead were militants.
—TIME, 9 Mar. 2025
Israel's military offensive has killed more than 48,000 Palestinians in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which doesn't say how many of the dead were militants.
—arkansasonline.com, 9 Mar. 2025
Along with the civilian casualties, the war monitor reported 125 members of the government security forces have been killed along with 148 militants associated with the loyalists.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2025
Israel said Friday that Palestinian militants will release American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, Russian-Israeli Alexandre Troufanov and Argentinian-Israeli Iair Horn.
—Dana Karni, Ibrahim Dahman and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
So far, 16 out of 33 Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals scheduled for release in the current phase of the agreement have been freed by Palestinian militants, and 656 Palestinian prisoners from a list of nearly 2,000 have been released by Israel.
—Dana Karni, Ibrahim Dahman and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Crisis in Syria's ISIS camps A network of prisons has been holding former Islamic State group militants and their families in northeastern Syria since the organization was defeated in 2019 on the battlefield.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
Hamas militants killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
—Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Israel’s military offensive has killed more than 48,000 Palestinians in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which doesn’t say how many of the dead were militants.
—TIME, 9 Mar. 2025
Israel's military offensive has killed more than 48,000 Palestinians in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which doesn't say how many of the dead were militants.
—arkansasonline.com, 9 Mar. 2025
Along with the civilian casualties, the war monitor reported 125 members of the government security forces have been killed along with 148 militants associated with the loyalists.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2025
Israel said Friday that Palestinian militants will release American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, Russian-Israeli Alexandre Troufanov and Argentinian-Israeli Iair Horn.
—Dana Karni, Ibrahim Dahman and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
So far, 16 out of 33 Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals scheduled for release in the current phase of the agreement have been freed by Palestinian militants, and 656 Palestinian prisoners from a list of nearly 2,000 have been released by Israel.
—Dana Karni, Ibrahim Dahman and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Crisis in Syria's ISIS camps A network of prisons has been holding former Islamic State group militants and their families in northeastern Syria since the organization was defeated in 2019 on the battlefield.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for militants
Noun
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Just days prior, Julani’s forces massacred between 800 and 2,000 Alawite and Christian civilians during a brutal crackdown on anti-government partisans along the coast.—
Brady Knox,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
11 Mar. 2025
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But the militant group now has to contend with an aftermath that for many Lebanese, including some Hezbollah partisans, looks very much like defeat.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, a press conference was held outside Columbia University, where academics and activists railed at the arrest.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2025
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The designer brought in Jessica Alba, Debi Mazar and Lindsey Vonn to see her show, but hosted an unusual front row stacked with more climate activists than celebrities, including Angel Arutura and Dominique Palmer.—
Rhonda Richford,
WWD,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Militants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militants. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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