provoker

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for provoker
Noun
  • In confrontations with both India and Iran, Pakistan has consistently denied offering safe haven to transnational rebels at a time when the country was struggling to stem a deadly wave of attacks by insurgents against its own soldiers and civilians.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Many Muslim Kashmiris support the rebels’ goal of uniting the territory, either under Pakistani rule or as an independent country.
    Aijaz Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • With a goal to graduate high school and become a mechanic, Kim began attending a continuation school for troublemakers and kids at risk of dropping out.
    Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • My older brother was a troublemaker, so there’s no hope for me.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the insurgents attacking the American soldiers are truly faceless.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The mission began in fairly standard form: The SEALs infiltrated a bleak and dusty corner of Ramadi that happened to overlook a marketplace and, unbeknownst to them, also sat across from the lair of the Iraqi insurgents.
    Fred Schruers, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The merger proposal drew concern from competing concert promoters and venue owners, who claimed at the time that combining Ticketmaster and Live Nation would force them to work with their largest competitor.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The concept of WrestleMania was created by Vince McMahon, a second-generation wrestling promoter who served as the CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for four decades before resigning from his role with the company in 2024.
    Mark LaSota, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • And many revolutionists think that new equipment has changed the patterns of advance and retreat in Ukraine relative to historical experience.
    Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2023
  • As the head of China’s Nationalist government, Chiang and his party were trying to establish control in a nation divided among revolutionists, nationalists, Indigenous warlords, and a developing communist army and government.
    Susan Tate Ankeny, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
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“Provoker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provoker. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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