to crusade

Examples

• All

• Lisa Graham Keegan, Arizona's crusading Superintendent of Public Instruction, understands this all too well.

  Academic text (1998)

• Every time you turn around, someone has something new to worry about or crusade about.

  Blog text (4)

• Montero: I think we will always need to hear something along these lines as we crusade for the greater good.

  Blog text (6)

• From its first issue, the Star crusaded for civic improvements.

  Academic text (2000)

• Until the government admits what they really know, we'll keep crusading to uncover the truth on your behalf.

  Evil Aliens (2006)

• With a religious fervor that has made her America's most controversial woman overnight, her group is crusading to repeal a new Dade County law, which protects homosexuals in jobs and housing.

  Milk (2008)

• The activists will crusade for environmental justice by raising awareness about climate change.

• She decided to crusade against animal cruelty and spent her weekends volunteering at the shelter.

• Many students have joined the movement to crusade for better mental health resources on campus.

Synonyms

P

to push

vsto crusade

∞ 1.5

To try hard to achieve something, especially against difficulty

is more public, collective, and sustained than a single determined effort

P

to press

vsto crusade

337 3.9

Ask someone firmly and repeatedly to do something

is a broader, sustained public movement rather than direct personal urging

C

to campaign

vsto crusade

302 3.9

To work in a planned way to win support or votes

is more intense and morally driven than a neutral organized effort

A

to agitate

vsto crusade

10 5.6

To try to make political or social change

is a longer, more vigorous, persistent public fight for a cause

M

to mount a campaign

vsto crusade

7 4.3

To start a planned set of actions to achieve a goal

is an ongoing, vigorous struggle rather than only the initial organized start

M

to missionize

vsto crusade

8.6

To try to make people support an idea or cause, often in politics

is broader and more publicly mobilized than persuasion alone

Antonyms

I

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

N

neglect

94 3.5

Not caring for someone or something that needs care

Phrasal Verbs

S

to start a crusade

1 7.9

To begin a determined public campaign to change something

Compounds

F

First Crusade

2 9.9

A military campaign by Western European Christians from 1096 to 1099 to capture Jerusalem, creating states ruled by Western Christians

F

Fourth Crusade

1 9.6

A military expedition from 1202 to 1204 that tried to take back Jerusalem but instead sacked Constantinople

Y

youth crusade

1 7.2

A campaign in which young people try to change politics, religion, or society

T

Third Crusade

1 9.9

A military expedition from 1189 to 1192 to try to retake Jerusalem from Muslim forces

S

Second Crusade

1 8.8

A military campaign by European Christians in the 1100s to take back the Holy Land that failed because leaders fought

F

Fifth Crusade

1 9.9

A Crusade from 1218 to 1221 where European Christians tried to take Jerusalem by attacking Egypt but failed

S

Seventh Crusade

1 9.9

A war led by King Louis IX in 1248–1249 to try to retake Jerusalem, ending in defeat

S

Sixth Crusade

1 9.9

A Crusade in 1228 and 1229 when Emperor Frederick II got control of Jerusalem by talks not fighting

How Vigorous

to crusade

13 6.8

to agitate

10 5.6

to champion

67 4.2

to advocate

322 3.7

Surface Forms

Etymology