as in revolutionaries
a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government
extremists wanted to do away with everything, even though they had no thought-out plan for what to do afterwards
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Recent Examples of extremists
Yet Ali’s act does not only evoke terrorist incidents such as the Charlie Hebdo attack, perpetrated by Muslim extremists, just a few months prior to The Red Chador.
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H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 31 Mar. 2026
In 2022, two officers were shot dead by Christian extremists at a rural property in Queensland state.
—CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
Otherwise extremists win and America will lose.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
The TikTok account had all the hallmarks associated with nihilistic violent extremists.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Maiduguri has been at the heart of deadly violence in Nigeria in the past, but has experienced relative peace in recent years, even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
—Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2026
Kent, a former political candidate with connections to right-wing extremists, was confirmed to his post last July on a 52-44 vote.
—Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
Heavy security deployed Maiduguri has been at the heart of deadly violence in Nigeria in the past, but has experienced relative peace in recent years, even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
—Haruna Umar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Maiduguri city has been at the heart of the deadly violence but has in recent years experienced relative peace even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
—ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 31 Mar. 2026
In 2022, two officers were shot dead by Christian extremists at a rural property in Queensland state.
—CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
Otherwise extremists win and America will lose.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
The TikTok account had all the hallmarks associated with nihilistic violent extremists.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Maiduguri has been at the heart of deadly violence in Nigeria in the past, but has experienced relative peace in recent years, even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
—Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2026
Kent, a former political candidate with connections to right-wing extremists, was confirmed to his post last July on a 52-44 vote.
—Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
Heavy security deployed Maiduguri has been at the heart of deadly violence in Nigeria in the past, but has experienced relative peace in recent years, even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
—Haruna Umar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Maiduguri city has been at the heart of the deadly violence but has in recent years experienced relative peace even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
—ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extremists
Noun
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The game happened to be on November 18th, the anniversary of Haitian revolutionaries defeating the French Army in 1803 before declaring independence.—
Albert Samaha,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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Until the 1950s, its inmates were Vietnamese revolutionaries – or anyone deemed to be such – and conditions were truly horrendous.—
Tamara Hinson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Now some Republicans are depicting the No Kings movement as a band of radicals, out of step with mainstream political opinion.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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The convergence of Abundance centrists and conservative environmentalists would seem to belie the ACC’s assertion that the environmental movement is dominated by radicals who would rather sabotage the American economy than accept any of the compromises necessary to achieve a prosperous future.—
Gaby Del Valle,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Extremists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremists. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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