provokers

noun

Definition of provokersnext
plural of provoker
as in radicals

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  1. radicals
  2. insurgents
  3. extremists
  4. insurrectionists
  5. troublemakers
  6. promoters
Noun
  • Hasina's ouster has left both political as well as security vacuums, giving more space to religious radicals.
    Michael Kugelman, NPR, 21 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
Definition of radicals
Noun
  • Whatever chemical weapons Assad held on to after 2013, or had produced since then, are now unguarded and could be seized by the new government or stolen by insurgents or terrorist groups.
    Gregory D. Koblentz, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2024
  • There have not been any clashes between Russian troops and the former insurgents since Assad fled the country.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of insurgents
Noun
  • Over nearly 14 years, the civil war spiraled into a multisided conflict involving rebels, extremists and others.
    Josh Holder, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In January, a media report revealed that some figures from the party attended a meeting in which extremists discussed the deportation of millions of migrants, including some with German citizenship and this triggered mass protests against the far-right.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of extremists
Noun
  • No, the insurrectionists were not patriots.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The insurrectionists will be set free by their fearless leader whether President Biden pardoned his son or not.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of insurrectionists
Noun
  • Workers, too, are increasingly leery of their employers, who, for their part, see those fighting for greater freedom of association as troublemakers.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Krampus isn’t all bad, though, as his deployment of corporal punishment is intended to drive troublemakers into a life of virtue.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of troublemakers
Noun
  • Sadler’s path involved a tiny independent label, a monotonous job, custom records, seedy promoters and a corrupt music chart.
    Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Rarely are the participants in tax shelters, as opposed to the promoters, criminally prosecuted.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of promoters
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