secessionist
Example Sentences
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The situation has stabilized in recent years following a peace agreement with the Islamic Liberation Front, the largest mainstream Muslim secessionist group, and the creation of an autonomous Muslim region.
He is wrestling with a growing secessionist movement in the oil-rich province of Alberta.
L.A.’s nonchalant highhandedness can gall today as it did 101 years ago when it precipitated what secessionists hailed as the “day of deliverance” from the “imperial county.”
From Los Angeles Times
Such efforts eventually pushed the high representative to take action and annul the secessionist legislation.
From BBC
Those familiar with Mr Dodik’s regular secessionist outbursts rolled their eyes.
From BBC
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