English dictionary

crusade

/kr/u/'s/eI/d/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

noun.act

Synonyms campaign cause drive effort movement

Source: WordNet 3.0
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

noun.act

Source: WordNet 3.0
Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans.

noun

Source: webster1913

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

verb.social

Synonyms agitate campaign fight press push

Source: WordNet 3.0
go on a crusade; fight a holy war

verb.competition

Source: WordNet 3.0
To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner.

verb

Source: webster1913