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adjective
- 1. vigorously campaigning on a social or political issue: "a crusading investigative journalist who exposed atrocities"
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to make an effort to achieve something that you believe in strongly: She crusaded against sex and violence on television. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Backing, supporting & defending. adopt. advocacy. affirmation. ally yourself to/with someone. argumentation. bail out. bat. bet. buoy. champion. commitment. over-favour.
CRUSADE definition: 1. a long and determined attempt to achieve, change, or stop something because of your strong…. Learn more.
CRUSADING meaning: 1. present participle of crusade 2. to make an effort to achieve something that you believe in…. Learn more.
noun. cru· sade krü-ˈsād. Synonyms of crusade. 1. capitalized : any of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to win the Holy Land from the Muslims. 2. : a remedial enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm. a crusade against drunk driving. crusade. 2 of 2. verb. crusaded; crusading.
A concerted effort or vigorous movement for a cause or against an abuse: a crusade for literacy; a crusade against drunk driving. intr.v. cru·sad·ed, cru·sad·ing, cru·sades. To engage in a crusade. [French croisade and Spanish cruzada, both ultimately from Latin crux, cruc-, cross.] cru·sad′er n.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the noun crusading mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun crusading. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the noun crusading?
(kruːˈseɪdɪŋ ) adjective. campaigning. a crusading lawyer. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'crusading' in a sentence. crusading.
noun. 1. (often cap) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims. 2. any war carried on under papal sanction. 3. any vigorous, aggressive movement for the defense or advancement of an idea, cause, etc.
1. Crusade : any one of the wars that European Christian countries fought against Muslims in Palestine in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries — usually plural. 2. : a major effort to change something — usually + for or against.
noun. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end. synonyms: campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement. see more. noun. 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. synonyms: Crusade. see more.
