crusade
noun
1. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Similar word(s): campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement
Definition categories: act, venture
2. 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
Definition categories: act, expedition
Sentences with crusade as a noun:
- During the crusades, many Muslims and Christians and Jews were slaughtered.
- a crusade against drug abuse
verb
1. 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
- She is crusading for women's rights
Similar word(s): agitate, campaign, fight, press, push
Definition categories: social, advertise, advertize, promote, push
2. go on a crusade; fight a holy war
Definition categories: competition, campaign
Sentences with crusade as a verb:
- He crusaded against similar injustices for the rest of his life.