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Another word for militant

militant Synonyms

militant

modif.

combative, aggressive, belligerent, activist; see aggressive 1, 2, militaristic. See syn. study at aggressive.

militant Synonyms

militant

n.

rioter, violent objector, demonstrator; see protester.

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Another word for militant

adjective

Of or engaged in warfare:
belligerent, combatant, hostile. Idiom: at war. See attack
Inclined to act in a hostile way:
aggressive, belligerent, combative, contentious, hostile. See attack, attitude
Having or showing an eagerness to fight:
bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, hostile, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike. See attack

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Vijayanagar gave the militant Mahommedanism of Northern India no, opportunity for a combined attack on the Portuguese settlements.
This early Christian scripture is one of the books militant in the world's literature.
The .Maccabaeans used compulsion in some cases, but Judaism in the Diaspora was a missionary religion in the less militant sense.
Ostentatious avoidance of a fish-diet became, indeed, one of the outward symbols of militant Protestantism among the Puritans.
Lange then entered on a career of militant journalism in the cause of political and social reform.

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