jihadist

noun

ji·had·ist ji-ˈhä-dist

chiefly British -ˈha-

: a Muslim who advocates or participates in a jihad

jihadist adjective

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Ramming attacks such as those by jihadists in Nice, Barcelona, Berlin and New York's Hudson River bicycle path stick in the mind. —

Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025 Meantime, Israel confronted a seven-front war, orchestrated by Iran and its jihadist proxies, beginning with Hamas and its atrocious October 7 attack, and sustained by Hezbollah, which began aerial attacks the following day. —

Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024 In both cases, the incredulity at what had just happened swiftly gave way to morbid curiosity about what might happen next, if the jihadists proceeded to the capital. —

Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024 In the gray daylight of the first days of Syria’s freedom, its citizens appear so far to be behaving not like unrestrained madmen but like traumatized, decent people worthy of their liberty, delivered even by an erstwhile jihadist. —

Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for jihadist