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
Over nearly 14 years, the civil war spiraled into a multisided conflict involving rebels, extremists and others.
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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
Nazis, Communists, anarchists and other extremists use law and morality as tactics to serve their narrow ideological ends.
—Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
The newspaper had republished its caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad a few weeks before Paty’s death to mark the opening of the trial over deadly 2015 attacks on its newsroom by Islamic extremists.
—Tom Nouvian and Samuel Petrequin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
The parliament, which consists mostly of hardline extremists, has ratified a draconian bill on hijab, the headscarf and robes the Islamic Republic imposes on all women.
—Kay Armin Serjoie, TIME, 16 Dec. 2024
Many of them fear the possibility that Sunni Islamist extremists will take over.
—Sarah El Deeb and Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Israel says its airstrikes and actions on the ground are aimed at preventing Assad’s arsenal of rockets and chemical weapons from falling into the hands of extremists who could threaten its borders or people.
—Marin Scott, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2024
In this way, Mangione’s act and the response demarcate a new moment, one in which acts of political violence are no longer confined to extremists with fringe views, but widely accepted.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
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
Nazis, Communists, anarchists and other extremists use law and morality as tactics to serve their narrow ideological ends.
—Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
The newspaper had republished its caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad a few weeks before Paty’s death to mark the opening of the trial over deadly 2015 attacks on its newsroom by Islamic extremists.
—Tom Nouvian and Samuel Petrequin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
The parliament, which consists mostly of hardline extremists, has ratified a draconian bill on hijab, the headscarf and robes the Islamic Republic imposes on all women.
—Kay Armin Serjoie, TIME, 16 Dec. 2024
Many of them fear the possibility that Sunni Islamist extremists will take over.
—Sarah El Deeb and Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Israel says its airstrikes and actions on the ground are aimed at preventing Assad’s arsenal of rockets and chemical weapons from falling into the hands of extremists who could threaten its borders or people.
—Marin Scott, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2024
In this way, Mangione’s act and the response demarcate a new moment, one in which acts of political violence are no longer confined to extremists with fringe views, but widely accepted.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
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