as in insurgent
taking part in a rebellion
vowed that he would someday see the mutinous crew hang
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Recent Examples of mutinous
As the mood within Facebook had begun to sour over the years, some badge posts began to take on a more mutinous tone.
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Jeff Horwitz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
The shoot went more than a hundred days over schedule, and the crew nearly turned mutinous.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
The first among the recent coups was in Mali, where mutinous soldiers seized power in 2020 and again in 2021, when a military officer ousted the original coup leader.
—Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the violent Wagner mercenary group who in June led his fighters on an aborted mutinous march to Moscow, likely died in a jet crash in Russia on Wednesday with nine others, Russia's Federal Agency for Air Transport said.
—Henry Austin, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2023
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Jeff Horwitz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
The shoot went more than a hundred days over schedule, and the crew nearly turned mutinous.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
The first among the recent coups was in Mali, where mutinous soldiers seized power in 2020 and again in 2021, when a military officer ousted the original coup leader.
—Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the violent Wagner mercenary group who in June led his fighters on an aborted mutinous march to Moscow, likely died in a jet crash in Russia on Wednesday with nine others, Russia's Federal Agency for Air Transport said.
—Henry Austin, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutinous
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Burrows' win marks a defeat for the insurgent right wing of the GOP that eschewed working with Democrats.—
Shafaq Patel,
Axios,
15 Jan. 2025
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Members of the insurgent forces also told NBC News that bombing by Russian aircraft overnight also focused on the Rustan bridge along the main route to Homs, presumably in a bid to slow the rebels' advance.—
Ammar Cheikh Omar,
NBC News,
6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Guinevere, usually relegated to the thankless role of traitorous wife, acts here as Arthur’s beloved confidante.—
Elizabeth Hand,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
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And somewhere between them on the war/peace continuum sit the men on Rhaenyra’s borderline traitorous council.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
30 June 2024
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Illiberal leaders select their cabinet members in the same way that emperors used to choose the governors of rebellious provinces: What matters most is the appointee’s loyalty and capacity to resist being suborned or co-opted by others.—
Ivan Krastev,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2025
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The news is a huge deal because rebellious Prince Fiyero is the ultimate catch for the students and Galinda.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Mutinous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutinous. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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