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
Examples of agitator in a Sentence
The police arrested several anti-government agitators.
a political agitator who led an unsuccessful revolt against the government
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Following the Barnard students’ expulsion, more than 50 anti-Israel agitators took over a building on Barnard’s campus, echoing last year’s takeover of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University.
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Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2025
These washers use a gentle tumbling action instead of the harsher action of a center agitator in a top-loading washer.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2025
The tech billionaire has called for new elections in the U.K., criticizing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and voicing support for the Reform Party and far-right figures such as Tommy Robinson, an anti-immigrant agitator.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
Reviewed, a consumer product review website, shared a post explaining how socks can go missing in top-loading machines:
They can get lodged under the agitator (the: pole in the middle of the washer).
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2025
These washers use a gentle tumbling action instead of the harsher action of a center agitator in a top-loading washer.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2025
The tech billionaire has called for new elections in the U.K., criticizing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and voicing support for the Reform Party and far-right figures such as Tommy Robinson, an anti-immigrant agitator.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
Reviewed, a consumer product review website, shared a post explaining how socks can go missing in top-loading machines:
They can get lodged under the agitator (the: pole in the middle of the washer).
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for agitator
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“Agitator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agitator. Accessed 13 Mar. 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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