[ UK /mˈɪlɪtənt/ ]
[ US /ˈmɪɫətənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. disposed to warfare or hard-line policies
    warlike policies
    hawkish congressman
    militant nations
  2. engaged in war
    belligerent (or warring) nations
  3. showing a fighting disposition
    his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy
    militant in fighting for better wages for workers
    highly competitive sales representative
NOUN
  1. a militant reformer
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How To Use militant In A Sentence

  • The women on the march were highly militant.
  • Français · Azerbaïdjan: Deux militants pour la jeunesse et blogueurs, frappés et placés en détention Global Voices in English » Azerbaijan: Youth activists and bloggers beaten and detained
  • In southern France, police arrested 12 suspects in sweeps against suspected Islamic militant networks, including three men linked to a network recruiting fighters for Afghanistan, officials said. World Watch
  • The answer, according to emerging clues and security analysts, is that North Waziristan, once a hub of Taliban fighters with links to Pakistan's military, has evolved into a stewpot of militant groups, each with different loyalties. In Pakistan, ex-spy Khalid Khawaja's killing is surrounded by mystery
  • And Israel has again started to crack down on Palestinian militants.
  • La justice italienne a à son tour passé l'éponge après avoir maintenu l'ancien militant ultra-nationaliste en prison pendant 19 ans, mais l'a remis en 2000 aux autorités turques qui le réclamaient pour purger deux peines auxquelles il avait été condamné en Turquie, l'une pour une attaque de banque commise dans les années 1970 et l'autre pour le meurtre d'un journaliste turc en 1979. belga/th Mehmet Ali Agca,Pope John Paul II's Would-Be Assassin, embraces the Catholic Faith! IMPORTANT INFO ADDED
  • Islamabad: security forces killed 35 militants, on Tuesday in a military assault at tehsil lakarho and tehsil pindalai - mohmand agency, north-western tribal region of Pakistan, adjacent to Afghanistan. 35 militants killed in north-western Pakistan
  • During the 1980s it came complete with its own Militant Tendency, soft left and right wing leadership.
  • German antiterrorist officials say they hadn't previously identified Mr. Uka as a potential militant. Frankfurt Shooting Suspect Had Links to Radical Islamists
  • It was not immediately clear whether the teenager was connected to any of the militant groups that have carried out suicide bombings.
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