to start a crusade

Examples

• All

• In response to the rising pollution levels, environmentalists will start a crusade to protect local wildlife.

• The activist plans to start a crusade aimed at promoting renewable energy in their community.

• You could start a crusade with this, Jenny.

  Blog text (32)

• Hey, you vote against him if you like, but... just don't start a crusade, alright?

  The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)

• But no, I'm done linking anyone who thinks that it's a good idea to start a crusade against someone else's livelihood.

  Blog text (14)

Synonyms

C

to campaign

vsto start a crusade

344 3.9

To work in a planned way to win support or votes

is a more intense and determined form of organized effort

A

to agitate

vsto start a crusade

11 5.6

To try to make political or social change

is an organized, determined effort aiming to bring change rather than mere advocacy

C

to crusade

vsto start a crusade

8 6.8

To campaign strongly for a cause over a long time

is about the initial stage of that intense effort rather than ongoing work

M

to mount a campaign

vsto start a crusade

3 4.3

To start a planned set of actions to achieve a goal

is stronger and more determined in intensity than that effort

Antonyms

E

to end

∞ 1.0

To stop something or make it finish

How Intense

to start a crusade

1 7.9

to lead

∞ 1.0

to mount a campaign

3 4.3

to raise the issue

22 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology