crusadenoun
uk/kruːˈseɪd/us/kruːˈseɪd/[ C ] a long and determined attempt to achieve something that you believe in strongly:
They have long been involved in a crusade for racial equality.
a moral crusade against drugs
[ C often plural ] also Crusade one of the religious wars (= crusades) fought by Christians, mostly against Muslims in Palestine, in the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 17th centuries
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Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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crusadeverb [ I ]
uk/kruːˈseɪd/us/kruːˈseɪd/to make an effort to achieve something that you believe in strongly:
She crusaded against sex and violence on television.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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