firebrand

IPA: fˈaɪɝbrænd

(figurative) An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the status quo.
A torch or other burning stick with a flame at one end.

Examples of "firebrand" in Sentences

This man deserves to be called the firebrand of the age in which he lived.
"wild, natural, and alien" — "this rebel, this monster, this serpent, this firebrand" is never tame
I forced the doors, a firebrand was my guide, and among many evidences of blood and guilt, I found -- these!
Lieberman's comments provoked a furious reaction from the Palestinians, who called the firebrand an "obstacle to peace."
Never known as a firebrand, Ryan has been more introspective in his attempted political comeback after a 2002 loss for governor against Rod Blagojevich.
For a man whose name is synonymous with the word firebrand, his elevation to the House of Lords after 40 years in the Commons was a remarkably low-key affair.
Perhaps this utter indifference to the firebrand is our national strength -- even though it comes from a too-sluggish imagination, a too great imperviousness to new dangers.
Well, this peace-loving man of the cloth told about 3,000 of his radical -- sorry, "firebrand" -- followers last Friday to take up jihad, and then he announced that he ` s setting up his own Sharia court.
Why is it OK for me to show what the media calls a firebrand radical cleric that is spewing hate against the West, but it somehow or another is controversial for me to show a Muslim denouncing that same cleric?