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One of my professors asked me to write an article about young men who come from well-off families and are mostly well-educated, but who leave their studies and join the militants.

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It was suspected he had joined the Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit.

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It turned out that security personnel had shot dead two suspected militants in downtown Srinagar, and the government had turned off all connectivity to prevent the news from circulating and protesters from gathering.

At the end of a 20-hour operation in Chewa Ullar village in south Kashmir on June 26, three militants lay dead.

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Cases were concentrated in the North Kivu and Ituri Provinces, and health officials struggled against militant groups and misinformation to contain the virus.

But the enemy of the new emirs is neither the Jew nor the Christian, it is the godless militant defending secularism.

At least one child in CAR has been killed or gravely injured per day, and 10,000 have been recruited into militant groups.

This led to the formation of a Christian militant group to counter the rebels, and all-out sectarian violence exploded.

Among those claimed dead is Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, the most senior militant leader slain this year.

Better, she says, to use local Muslim leaders and others in civil society to criticize militant arguments.

Daphne was still erect, self-confident, militant; whereas Madeleine knew herself vanquished—vanquished both in body and soul.

His policy, formerly in the main a conciliatory one, now became militant.

Nothing could have been more militant than her denunciation of militancy.

Gus gazed calmly at the five militant youths in front of him.

They will always remember that thou wert their faithful mother, their robust nurse, and their church militant.

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On this page you'll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to militant, such as: assertive, bellicose, belligerent, militaristic, vigorous, and warring.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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