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Meanings of crusade in English

Portuguese
causa
Catalan
moviment
Spanish
campaña

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

causa

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.

Usage of crusade in English
1
However, this legal crusade had a very direct human cost behind it.
The South African
2
The Andrews case became the basis for a legal and medical crusade.
In Cold Blood
3
The author's justification for McCarthy's crusade is the reality of Communist espionage.
The new yorker
4
I'm not really going to lead a crusade into the Holy Lands.
Surrender to the will of the night
5
The crusade will reach the vicinity of Earth about the year 2050.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
6
Upon the crucial year ahead hinge the fortunes of this historic crusade.
Messages to America / Selected Letters and Cablegrams Addressed ...
7
Isis did not invent the idea of a holy war or crusade.
The Guardian
8
So we must be the first to answer the call to crusade.
Vlad. The Last Confession
9
We can bring our crusade to new worlds with ease after that.
The Reality Dysfunction
10
As long as the crusade continued, he had to remain in hiding.
For Love Of Evil
11
Charles Sumner, the preacher of the crusade, stands for the moral element.
Abraham Lincoln, Volume I
12
In the year 1096 this second crusade started upon its long voyage.
The Story of Mankind
13
I'm going on a great crusade as I have long-promised I would.'
The White Princess
14
You are the chosen one, my dauntless comrade in a holy crusade.
The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia
15
That may save us the effort of mounting a crusade against them.
For Love Of Evil
16
The struggle for Vietnam was the last great crusade of Luce's life.
The publisher: henry luce and his american century
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Translations for crusade
Portuguese
causacampanha
Crusade through the time
Crusade across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common