crusade
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7.1
- noun
- /kruːˈseɪd/
:
cruzada
- Join me in my crusade... to strengthen California's families.
- a crusade for reform
- join a crusade
- a moral crusade
And you know, when we talked, I thanked you for the crusade against the dark art of masturbation.
- And you know, when we talked, I thanked you for the crusade against the dark art of masturbation.
- So he goes on a selfish crusade.
- And they're the ones that turn, you know, religion at its best into your crusades and holocausts.
- You should give it all you've got and start a side cause, Start a side mission, a side crusade, a side calling.
- Today, this hour at the Interstellar Synod of Bishops, His Holiness is announcing a crusade.
- But to have a billionaire come in and basically run a crusade to shut down a publisher is terrible.
- And so he wants to somehow link his crusade to civil rights, which is just jaw-dropping, really.
- When your country is falling apart, one of the ways you hold it together is to go on a crusade.
- So you're not this this crusade you're on.
Examples
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But oh, since then every crusade failed and this is another crusade.
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About his crusade against the Mafia.
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This is a crusade and they will stop at nothing.
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This is a crusade, and they will stop at nothing.
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And it's actually a kind of a crusade of mine.
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Will you join in our crusade?
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Journalists fought back with a crusade for honest reporting on the Baltic situation.
Academic text (1993) -
It's a noble crusade.
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Influential clergymen, including Bishop Michael Domenec, were active in the crusade against "King Alcohol."
Academic text (1990) -
She has dedicated her life to a crusade for environmental justice.
Synonyms
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2.7
A planned set of public actions to win support
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1.3
An organized activity by people to achieve a specific goal
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3.6
A group of people who work together for a common goal
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3.5
An organized effort to reach a goal or the movement of animals together
Antonyms
Compounds
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A military campaign by Western European Christians from 1096 to 1099 to capture Jerusalem, creating states ruled by Western Christians
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9.6
A military expedition from 1202 to 1204 that tried to take back Jerusalem but instead sacked Constantinople
A Crusade from 1218 to 1221 where European Christians tried to take Jerusalem by attacking Egypt but failed
A military campaign by European Christians in the 1100s to take back the Holy Land that failed because leaders fought
A military expedition from 1189 to 1192 to try to retake Jerusalem from Muslim forces
A war led by King Louis IX in 1248–1249 to try to retake Jerusalem, ending in defeat
A Crusade in 1228 and 1229 when Emperor Frederick II got control of Jerusalem by talks not fighting
How Vigorous
Surface Forms
Morphology
crusade = crus + ade
The figurative sense 'vigorous campaign' is an extended, metaphorical meaning of the historical noun and is not transparently derivable from the visible elements for an average learner.
Etymology
Crusade also means a strong campaign for change because it uses the image of people 'carrying the cross' and fighting for a belief, so a modern crusade is a long, passionate effort to change something.