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militant
[ mil-i-tuhnt ]
adjective
- aggressively active or combative in support of a cause:
militant reformers.
Synonyms: contentious, combative, belligerent
- engaged in warfare; fighting.
noun
- a militant person.
- a person engaged in warfare or combat.
militant
1/ ˈmɪlɪtənt /
adjective
- aggressive or vigorous, esp in the support of a cause
a militant protest
- warring; engaged in warfare
noun
- a militant person
Militant
2/ ˈmɪlɪtənt /
noun
- short for Militant Tendency
- a member of Militant Tendency
Derived Forms
- ˈmilitantly, adverb
- ˈmilitancy, noun
Other Word Forms
- mil·i·tan·cy mil·i·tant·ness noun
- mil·i·tant·ly adverb
- hy·per·mil·i·tant adjective
- hy·per·mil·i·tant·ly adverb
- non·mil·i·tant adjective noun
- non·mil·i·tant·ly adverb
- su·per·mil·i·tant adjective
- ul·tra·mil·i·tant adjective
- un·mil·i·tant adjective
- un·mil·i·tant·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of militant1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The Russian mercenary group has been operating there since 2021, working with the military to challenge Islamist militants.
Timbuktu, a UN World Heritage Site, was captured by Islamist militants in 2012 before they were driven out, but has once more been under siege in recent years.
He said mediation and negotiation was the way to resolve the crisis in Gaza and repeated his call for Hamas to release the Israeli hostages being held by the militant group.
Trump and his deputies have signaled that the Justice Department’s focus on violent extremism is over, starting with the president’s clemency order for militants charged in the storming of the U.S.
This year's Flag March again coincided with the war in Gaza and escalating Israeli military operations against Palestinian militants in the West Bank.
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