exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
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crusade::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement |
| Type of | venture |
| Has types | feminist movement, fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort, gay lib, gay liberation movement, lost cause, political campaign, reform, war, women's lib, women's liberation movement, youth crusade, youth movement, candidacy, ad campaign, advertising campaign, anti-war movement, campaigning, ad blitz, candidature, charm campaign, consumerism, electioneering, feminism |
crusade::noun | Spocien Dictionary
any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | expedition, hostile expedition, military expedition |
crusade::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | campaign, take the field |
| Derivation | crusader |
Examples of crusade
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He left on a crusade tour which will take him to eight Latin American countries.
From the charlotteobserver.com
His most recent crusade was to bring ROTC back to elite campuses, as noted here.
From the theatlantic.com
He's made himself the sole benefactor of this crusade against the 2nd Amendment.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Gareth from that beatnik crusade 20 years ago has come along to keep me company.
From the metro.co.uk
His dad also took Tennyson, then 12, to Graham's 1987 Mile High Stadium crusade.
From the denverpost.com
In the spring of 1147, the Pope authorized the crusade in the Iberian peninsula.
From the en.wikipedia.org
She remembers when the crusade was still only a platoon foray and full of peril.
From the time.com
Now comes Katie Roiphe, 25, to play the part of heretic in the feminist crusade.
From the time.com
So whenever I come across words like christening and crusade I always edit them.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Campaign: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"
- Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
- Any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
- Go on a crusade; fight a holy war
- Crusade is a studio album by the British Blues-rock band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, released on September 1, 1967 for London Records. It was the follow-up to A Hard Road, also released in 1967. As with their two previous album, Crusade was produced by Mike Vernon.
- In Crusade, the second book of the Destroyermen series, Reddy, and the crew of USS Walker (DD-163), are reunited with the destroyer USS Mahan (DD-102), and set out to fight the Grik. ...
- Crusade is a novel written by Elizabeth Laird and first published by Macmillan in 2007. It is set in the Third Crusade and focuses on a saracen boy named Salim and an English boy called Adam. It was shortlisted for the 2007 Costa Children's Book Award.
- The Tenth Crusade is a rhetorical device that builds an analogy between the U.S.-led War on Terrorism and the historical Crusades.
- Crusade is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke published in 1968. It follows the extremely long life span of a natural computer intelligence that exists on a freezing planet in the vast space between two galaxies.
