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Sentences with zealot

zeal·ot
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  • He was forceful, but by no means a zealot.
  • Zealots in the beginning are too slow to be of much use, so as long as you have units fast a zealot rush needn't be feared.
  • Instead, Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish zealot, a Palestinian intifada was launched with rockets and suicide bombers instead of rocks.
  • A bright-eyed and naive young zealot, a priggish follower of the worldwide Tolstoyan movement that espouses celibacy.
  • Zealot implies extreme or excessive devotion to a cause and vehement activity in its support [zealots of reform]; fanatic suggests the unreasonable overzealousness of one who goes to any length to maintain or carry out his or her beliefs [a temperance fanatic]; an enthusiast is one who is animated by an intense and eager interest in an activity, cause, etc. [a sports enthusiast]; bigot implies blind and intolerant devotion to a creed, opinions, etc. [a religious bigot]
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