20
troublemaker(noun, person, radical, operative, reactionary)
15
instigator(noun, phony, radical, operative, motive)
15
incendiary(noun, trouble, person, radical, operative)
14
rabble-rouser(noun, radical, operative, troublemaker, reactionary)
12
brand(noun, ashes, cinders, burning piece of wood)
11
inciter(noun, phony, radical, recreant, reactionary)
10
provoker
9
agitator(noun, trouble, person, radical, rebel)
8
agent provocateur(noun, expression, idiom, agent, motive)
8
demagogue(noun, trouble, person, radical, criminal)
7
torch
6
instigant
6
live coal
5
dragon
5
flame
5
fomenter(noun, radical, partisan, reactionary, leftist)
5
malcontent(noun, radical, partisan, reactionary, leftist)
5
provocateur(radical, operative, partisan, mastermind, reactionary)
4
cinder
3
ember
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