crusade

5 definitions • 5 examples

a long and determined attempt to achieve, change, or stop something because of your strong beliefs:

crusade for They have long been involved in a crusade for racial equality.

crusade against The town's crusade against drugs resulted in a sharp decrease in overdose deaths.

moral crusade The fight against poverty is a moral crusade.

one of the religious wars (= crusades) fought by Christians, mostly against Muslims in Palestine, in the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 17th centuries

to make an effort to achieve something that you believe in strongly:

crusade against She crusaded against sex and violence on television.

a long and determined attempt to achieve something you strongly believe in:

She’s involved in the crusade for racial equality.

The Crusades were a series of wars in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries fought between Christians from Europe and Muslims in the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.