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counterrevolutionaries

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  • noun Plural form of counterrevolutionary.

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Examples

  • Therefore, because we are combating only powerful enemies, and the counterrevolutionaries are the agents of these enemies and take orders from them, we are sorry, but we find it necessary to be adamant, to be harsh and to be energetic (applause).

    CEREMONY TO HONOR 13 MARCH MARTYRS 1961

  • The only ones who help the counterrevolutionaries are the criminals, landholders, the group of interests affected by the revolution.

    RADIO-TELEVISION INTERVIEW WITH RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ 1960

  • Sixty-five years ago they would have justified their action by ridding themselves of "counterrevolutionaries".

    Google v. China: 0 - 1 2010

  • Ms. Li, a native of China, witnessed "counterrevolutionaries" paraded through Beijing, and based her book in part on her own experiences.

    A Repulsive Revolution Alison Singh Gee 2009

  • When I once again saw my old and loyal friends - "counterrevolutionaries" like me-it was hard to enjoy the reunion.

    A Prisoner's Journey 2008

  • When the courts found that COPE was free to use that name, Gwede Mantashe, the ANC secretary-general, attacked the judges as "counterrevolutionaries," dismissed one judge's opinion because he was white, and accused the other two (black) judges of being sellouts and apologists for apartheid.

    Trouble Ahead in South Africa 2008

  • This would have been inspiring news to Huber Matos, serving his twenty-five-year term, or the fifteen thousand "counterrevolutionaries," many of them former revolutionaries, who were in Cuban prisons in the mid-1960s.

    1968 the Year that Rocked the World Kurlansky, Mark 2004

  • Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced the opposition as "counterrevolutionaries" being used by the country's enemies, the United States, Britain and Israel, and vowed that Iranian unity in support of the Islamic revolution would defeat them.

    NDTV News - Top Stories 2010

  • Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced the opposition as "counterrevolutionaries" being used by the country's enemies, the United States, Britain and Israel, and vowed that Iranian unity in support of the Islamic revolution would defeat them.

    CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports 2010

  • Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced the opposition as "counterrevolutionaries" being used by the country's enemies, the UnitedStates, Britain and Israel, and vowed that Iranian unity in support of the Islamic revolution would defeat them.

    ajc.com - News NASSER KARIMI 2010

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