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crusade
[ kroo-seyd ]
noun
- Often Crusade. any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- any war carried on under papal sanction.
- any vigorous, aggressive movement for the defense or advancement of an idea, cause, etc.:
a crusade against child abuse.
verb (used without object)
- to go on or engage in a crusade.
crusade
/ ːˈɪ /
noun
- often capital any of the military expeditions undertaken in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by the Christian powers of Europe to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
- (formerly) any holy war undertaken on behalf of a religious cause
- a vigorous and dedicated action or movement in favour of a cause
verb
- to campaign vigorously for something
- to go on a crusade
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·· noun
- ԴDz···Բ adjective
- Dz-· adjective
- -· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of crusade1
Example Sentences
His jittery take on Musk came about because Myers felt that the billionaire's crusade against government spending and expertise was misguided.
The institution has a lot of baggage, as any organization with nearly two millennia and a few crusades under its cincture is bound to have.
Murphy and New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin are the latest targets of the Trump administration’s legal crusade against political opponents, with Habba citing their noncompliance with federal immigration crackdowns.
And she is helping him with his crusade against the big law firms who represented clients who opposed him.
Much was made in the media, for good reason, of billionaire Elon Musk's crusade against empathy, an emotion he describes as "suicidal" and the "fundamental weakness of Western civilization."
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