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to crusade
01
to passionately campaign or fight, often with a religious or moral purpose
Intransitive: to crusade against an idea | to crusade for a purpose
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
crusade
3rd person singular
crusades
Present participle
crusading
Past simple
crusaded
Past participle
crusaded
Examples
The religious leader inspired followers to crusade against perceived heresies.
Crusade
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
crusades
Examples
The First Crusade aimed to capture Jerusalem from Muslim control in the late 11th century.
1.1
a series of actions undertaken to promote a principle or achieve a specific goal
Examples
She led a crusade for environmental awareness in her city.
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