RED HOTS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

red hots

noun

plural of red hot

as in partisans

one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause the inflammatory language favored by the red hots is simply polarizing voters and stifling all dialogue

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Noun

Exhibited for the first time outside of Sarajevo, the churning Socialist Realist homage invokes Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People in figuring partisans heroically overcoming their would-be Nazi aggressors.

— Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026
Reynolds tracks the willingness of northern partisans—Carl Schurz, Horace Greeley, Lyman Trumbull, and even Sumner himself—to abandon that cause by the dwindling references to Jamestown and Plymouth.

— James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Definition of partisans

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Boko Haram militants in Nigeria are using (mostly closed) AI to plan attacks and gain tactical advantages, The New York Times reported.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 9 Aug. 2026
That standoff lasted 41 days, ending with the arrest of the militants and the death of one, rancher Robert LaVoy Finicum, who was shot by law enforcement.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of militants

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Pacific Legal argued this was part of the problem — a private group of unelected activists had repeatedly forced others to expend resources defending themselves.

— Michael Phillis, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Before Thursday's meeting, residents and activists gathered outside The Chambers in downtown Woodstock.

— Emily McLeod, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of activists

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The true believers don’t want to know what his plan is for his data center spend.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
If such pusillanimity continues, Democrats risk losing their party to a band of true believers no less destructive than the furthest extremes of the MAGA movement.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

Definition of true believers

Noun

The book is full of stories of villains, like the venomous heroin that took so many of Seattle’s crusaders as well as the music industry that never quite understood where Soundgarden belonged.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 June 2026
The facility remains popular among anti-immigrant crusaders, and Attorney General Uthmeier’s campaign store sells Alligator Alcatraz bumper stickers, T-shirts, and caps.

— Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026

Definition of crusaders

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