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crusade

[ kroo-seyd ]

noun

  1. Often Crusade. 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.:

    a crusade against child abuse.



verb (used without object)

crusaded, crusading.
  1. to go on or engage in a crusade.

crusade

/ 办谤耻藧藞蝉别瑟诲 /

noun

  1. often capital any of the military expeditions undertaken in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by the Christian powers of Europe to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
  2. (formerly) any holy war undertaken on behalf of a religious cause
  3. a vigorous and dedicated action or movement in favour of a cause
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to campaign vigorously for something
  2. to go on a crusade
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 肠谤耻藞蝉补诲别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠谤耻路蝉补诲路别谤 noun
  • 苍辞苍路肠谤耻路蝉补诲路颈苍驳 adjective
  • 辫辞蝉迟-颁谤耻路蝉补诲别 adjective
  • 辫谤别-颁谤耻路蝉补诲别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of crusade1

First recorded in 1570鈥80; earlier crusada, from Spanish cruzada; replacing croisade, from Middle French. See cross, -ade 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of crusade1

C16: from earlier croisade, from Old French crois cross, from Latin crux; influenced also by Spanish cruzada, from cruzar to take up the cross
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His jittery take on Musk came about because Myers felt that the billionaire's crusade against government spending and expertise was misguided.

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The institution has a lot of baggage, as any organization with nearly two millennia and a few crusades under its cincture is bound to have.

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Murphy and New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin are the latest targets of the Trump administration鈥檚 legal crusade against political opponents, with Habba citing their noncompliance with federal immigration crackdowns.

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And she is helping him with his crusade against the big law firms who represented clients who opposed him.

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Much was made in the media, for good reason, of billionaire Elon Musk's crusade against empathy, an emotion he describes as "suicidal" and the "fundamental weakness of Western civilization."

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