secessionists

noun

Definition of secessionistsnext
plural of secessionist
as in rebels
a person who thinks that a nation, state, etc., should separate from another and become independent A growing group of secessionists are pushing for the independence of the region.

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  1. insurgents
  2. radicals
  3. extremists
Noun
  • The group committed multiple attacks in August that killed more than 50 people, to which authorities responded by killing 21 insurgents in the province.
    Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
  • American political violence is unlikely to manifest in the form of civil war, at least understood as two rival armies standing toe to toe on battlefields or as hundreds of thousands of armed insurgents roaming the country.
    Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of insurgents
Noun
  • In fact, the group’s radicals are likely to be emboldened.
    Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The Black Panther Party in the late 1960s organized Puerto Rican radicals and Confederate flag-waving white Southerner transplants to help tackle poverty and discrimination in Chicago — an effort that drew attention from the FBI.
    Russell Contreras, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of radicals
Noun
  • Officials went into more detail about the threat that election officials face from domestic violent extremists.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Domestic violent extremists could also target voting locations, ballot drop boxes, voter registration locations, political rallies, campaign events and political party offices, and could target the homes of public officials.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of extremists
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