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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 Words From
- 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
Dolours, a former Provisional Irish Republican Army militant, is visibly nervous.
The murder of Samuel Paty, 47, shocked France and came five years after militant Islamist gunmen murdered 12 people at the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo which published the original cartoons.
A serving police office in South West England has been arrested on suspicion of supporting the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
A militant group, the Balochistan Liberation Army, said it carried out the bombing in what police are deeming a suicide attack.
Hezbollah is committed to Israel’s destruction, but it is more than a militant group.
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