provoker

noun

Definition of provokernext
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  1. rebel
  2. troublemaker
  3. insurgent
  4. promoter
  5. revolutionist
Noun
  • The rebels have threatened new attacks in response to Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon and its killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The Israel-Hamas war has intensified other conflicts in the Middle East, including attacks on international shipping lanes by Yemen’s Houthi rebels and between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of rebel
Noun
  • And recently, troublemakers have been menacing volunteers who try to clean it up.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
  • But occasionally, a troublemaker slips through and inflames the linings inside our twin noses.
    GWEN ROCKWOOD The Rockwood Files, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of troublemaker
Noun
  • Boko Haram is a Nigerian insurgent group that started fighting in 2009 to oppose Western education and impose their radical version of Islamic law.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Republicans didn't plan on spending millions of dollars to defend Senator Deb Fischer, but Osborne's insurgent campaign has taken off.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of insurgent
Noun
  • Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Green Day and Post Malone will headline the 2025 Coachella festival, promoters confirmed Wednesday in a complete lineup reveal.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The five-v-five concept in boxing between the top promoters in the world is fun.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of promoter
Noun
  • And many revolutionists think that new equipment has changed the patterns of advance and retreat in Ukraine relative to historical experience.
    Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2023
  • As the head of China’s Nationalist government, Chiang and his party were trying to establish control in a nation divided among revolutionists, nationalists, Indigenous warlords, and a developing communist army and government.
    Susan Tate Ankeny, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
Definition of revolutionist
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