firebrand

Converse of object

• include: Fire caused havoc in a besieged castle or city and a variety of fire missiles, including firebrands and deadly Greek Fire were thrown.
• turn: He was of a rare breed - an academically minded young man, turned firebrand.

Adjective modifier

• political: Nina hails from East Berlin and has enjoyed a rich and varied career as a recording artist, actress, chanteuse and political firebrand.
• young: The park is in the hands of the Greater London Council, whose leader is a young firebrand called Ken Livingstone.
• left-wing: Which is where the former left-wing firebrand Roland Muldoon comes into the story.
• former: Which is where the former left-wing firebrand Roland Muldoon comes into the story.
• little: I had her last week - right little firebrand she was.
• Marxist: He's the brother of Christopher, you know, the one-time Marxist firebrand turned Neo-Con.

Modifies a noun

• MP: Some forty years ago, a left-wing backbench firebrand MP called Michael Foot used to rail against something he called Treasury financial orthodoxy.
• politician: Here you have to think of the small breed of horse rather than the strange hybrid of firebrand politician and reality TV contestant.

Noun used with modifier

• midfield: But he denied a falling-out between his midfield firebrands, saying: " They didn't have a set-to at half-time.
• wing: It holds that she has given up all she used to hold as a left wing firebrand.