agitator
noun
ag·i·ta·tor
ˈa-jə-ˌtā-tər 
: one that agitates: such as
a
: one who stirs up public feeling on controversial issues
political agitators
b
: a device or an apparatus for stirring or shaking
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The police arrested several anti-government agitators.
a political agitator who led an unsuccessful revolt against the government
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At first, the government tried to ignore the protests, then began to use force and accused the protests of being infiltrated by foreign agitators.
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Chris Massaro, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025
Some of those who have previously advanced Trump’s interests in Europe now see Musk as an unfettered, even less polished version of the president; an agitator whose style and ambition has come to mirror Trump’s.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
Columbia anti-Israel agitators barge into classroom, hand out antisemitic flyers
Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted a History of Modern Israel class at Columbia University on the first day of the spring semester and handed out antisemitic flyers.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
Amid the conspiratorial swirl of antifa agitators and deep-state plots, a related narrative was gaining traction: the glorification of those who had attacked the Capitol.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Chris Massaro, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025
Some of those who have previously advanced Trump’s interests in Europe now see Musk as an unfettered, even less polished version of the president; an agitator whose style and ambition has come to mirror Trump’s.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
Columbia anti-Israel agitators barge into classroom, hand out antisemitic flyers
Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted a History of Modern Israel class at Columbia University on the first day of the spring semester and handed out antisemitic flyers.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
Amid the conspiratorial swirl of antifa agitators and deep-state plots, a related narrative was gaining traction: the glorification of those who had attacked the Capitol.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Agitator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agitator. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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agitator
noun
ag·i·ta·tor
ˈaj-ə-ˌtāt-ər
1
: a person who stirs up public feeling
2
: a device for stirring or shaking
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