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
Assad was a tyrant, to be sure, but many countries viewed him as a bulwark against religious extremists like the Islamic State.
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John Feffer, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Yet due to extremists in the gun lobby, the ATF's rule to stop criminals from getting ghost guns is under threat.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
As Bashar al-Assad's government collapsed and Syrian rebels rose to power, Israel embarked on an extensive bombing campaign, purportedly aimed at disarming extremists who may rise to power during the unrest.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The leaders of the rebel armies include Islamic extremists; in an interview with CNN, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of the largest group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, described his past affiliation with al-Qaeda as a kind of youthful mistake.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
Obama ended up funding and arming the Syrian opposition so feebly it was slaughtered and – when its extremists joined up with radicals from Iraq’s long-running insurgency against the US occupation – metastasized into ISIS.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Since then, anti-LGBTQ and anti-transgender extremists have largely shifted their strategy to propose an overwhelming number of bills attacking health care for transgender youth.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
The novel is full of obscure menace and offbeat philosophy, with characters including ecological extremists, shadowy political bosses, and a radical social theorist who lives in a cave.
—The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
It has been used by violent extremists, and has been cited as leading to the 2022 mass shooting in Buffalo, the 2019 mosque shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the 2018 mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
John Feffer, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Yet due to extremists in the gun lobby, the ATF's rule to stop criminals from getting ghost guns is under threat.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
As Bashar al-Assad's government collapsed and Syrian rebels rose to power, Israel embarked on an extensive bombing campaign, purportedly aimed at disarming extremists who may rise to power during the unrest.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The leaders of the rebel armies include Islamic extremists; in an interview with CNN, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of the largest group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, described his past affiliation with al-Qaeda as a kind of youthful mistake.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
Obama ended up funding and arming the Syrian opposition so feebly it was slaughtered and – when its extremists joined up with radicals from Iraq’s long-running insurgency against the US occupation – metastasized into ISIS.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Since then, anti-LGBTQ and anti-transgender extremists have largely shifted their strategy to propose an overwhelming number of bills attacking health care for transgender youth.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
The novel is full of obscure menace and offbeat philosophy, with characters including ecological extremists, shadowy political bosses, and a radical social theorist who lives in a cave.
—The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
It has been used by violent extremists, and has been cited as leading to the 2022 mass shooting in Buffalo, the 2019 mosque shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the 2018 mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Extremists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremists. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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