Crusade
noun
A strong movement to get change or achieve a goal.
She launched a crusade against unhealthy fast food in schools.
Often appears as...
- launch a crusade
- lead a crusade
noun
A medieval military expedition made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims.
The knights went on a crusade to reclaim the Holy Land.
Usage tips
Historical
verb
To work hard and continuously to achieve something.
She crusaded for many years for human rights.
Often appears as...
- crusade for something
- crusade against something
noun
A strong movement to get change or achieve a goal.
She launched a crusade against unhealthy fast food in schools.
Often appears as...
- launch a crusade
- lead a crusade
noun
A medieval military expedition made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims.
The knights went on a crusade to reclaim the Holy Land.
Usage tips
Historical
verb
To work hard and continuously to achieve something.
She crusaded for many years for human rights.
Often appears as...
- crusade for something
- crusade against something
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Modern Movements
Usually indicates a social or political movement focused on reform or change.
The environmental crusade has gained momentum in recent years.
Pro Tip 2/3Passionate Effort
Implies a dedicated and passionate effort, often by an individual or group.
He's leading a personal crusade to improve local public transport.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Change
Generally used for movements perceived as beneficial or ethical.
The community started a crusade to support the homeless.
Pro Tip 1/3Modern Movements
Usually indicates a social or political movement focused on reform or change.
The environmental crusade has gained momentum in recent years.
Pro Tip 2/3Passionate Effort
Implies a dedicated and passionate effort, often by an individual or group.
He's leading a personal crusade to improve local public transport.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Change
Generally used for movements perceived as beneficial or ethical.
The community started a crusade to support the homeless.
Pro Tip 1/3Modern Movements
Usually indicates a social or political movement focused on reform or change.
The environmental crusade has gained momentum in recent years.
Pro Tip 2/3Passionate Effort
Implies a dedicated and passionate effort, often by an individual or group.
He's leading a personal crusade to improve local public transport.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Change
Generally used for movements perceived as beneficial or ethical.
The community started a crusade to support the homeless.
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Sam Richards: A radical...
You pass it around. You pass his words around. I mean, this is serious. You're afraid. He was one of the leading commanders in the second invasion of Iraq. And you're thinking, "My God, if this guy is saying that, then all the soldiers must be saying that." And this word here -- George Bush called this war a crusade.
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Why city flags may be...
Both are so much better. And I think if they were adopted, I would see them around the city. In my crusade to make flags of the world more beautiful, many listeners have taken it upon themselves to redesign their flags and look into the feasibility of getting them officially adopted.
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The rise and fall of the...
As imperial princess in the 12th century, Anna dedicated her life to philosophy and history. Her account of her father’s reign is historians’ foremost source for Byzantine political history at the time of the first crusade. Another scholar, Leo the Mathematician,
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How Finding Blue Whale...
how important this area is to these animals. We know they're feeding, breeding, and calving in a very confined space, so the conservation problems they face are far more compounded. Right now my crusade is about saving these whales from getting killed by ships.
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Why humans run the world...
Now you may find it acceptable that yes, in the religious field, humans cooperate by believing in the same fictions. Millions of people come together to build a cathedral or a mosque or fight in a crusade or a jihad, because they all believe in the same stories
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Steven Johnson: How...
You also needed persuasion. You had to convince people to drink pasteurized milk, you had to convince the dairy industry to make pasteurized milk, and that took a whole other cast of characters. It took muckraking journalists. It took crusading lawmakers.
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Chris Burkard: The joy...
I began craving wild, open spaces, and so I set out to find the places others had written off as too cold, too remote, and too dangerous to surf, and that challenge intrigued me. I began this sort of personal crusade against the mundane,
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It's OK to feel...
you made an argument that following your passion isn't necessarily the wisest strategy. You argued, no, don't do that, follow curiosity. Does that apply now? Make that case. Yeah, you know, I've been on a personal crusade
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The myth of Hades and...
So, Zeus ordered Demeter to stop her crusade and returned to her duties. But she refused. Deep below, across the frigid river Styx, and through the halls of the underworld,
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Protecting the brain...
because I have this totally pelling helmet crusade right this epiphany of Tom's as it turns out it occurred to Tom that a twenty dollar helmet is a good way to protect a
Video examples
Sam Richards: A radical...
You pass it around. You pass his words around. I mean, this is serious. You're afraid. He was one of the leading commanders in the second invasion of Iraq. And you're thinking, "My God, if this guy is saying that, then all the soldiers must be saying that." And this word here -- George Bush called this war a crusade.
Video examples
Why city flags may be...
Both are so much better. And I think if they were adopted, I would see them around the city. In my crusade to make flags of the world more beautiful, many listeners have taken it upon themselves to redesign their flags and look into the feasibility of getting them officially adopted.
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
As imperial princess in the 12th century, Anna dedicated her life to philosophy and history. Her account of her father’s reign is historians’ foremost source for Byzantine political history at the time of the first crusade. Another scholar, Leo the Mathematician,
Video examples
How Finding Blue Whale...
how important this area is to these animals. We know they're feeding, breeding, and calving in a very confined space, so the conservation problems they face are far more compounded. Right now my crusade is about saving these whales from getting killed by ships.
Video examples
Why humans run the world...
Now you may find it acceptable that yes, in the religious field, humans cooperate by believing in the same fictions. Millions of people come together to build a cathedral or a mosque or fight in a crusade or a jihad, because they all believe in the same stories
Video examples
Steven Johnson: How...
You also needed persuasion. You had to convince people to drink pasteurized milk, you had to convince the dairy industry to make pasteurized milk, and that took a whole other cast of characters. It took muckraking journalists. It took crusading lawmakers.
Video examples
Chris Burkard: The joy...
I began craving wild, open spaces, and so I set out to find the places others had written off as too cold, too remote, and too dangerous to surf, and that challenge intrigued me. I began this sort of personal crusade against the mundane,
Video examples
It's OK to feel...
you made an argument that following your passion isn't necessarily the wisest strategy. You argued, no, don't do that, follow curiosity. Does that apply now? Make that case. Yeah, you know, I've been on a personal crusade
Video examples
The myth of Hades and...
So, Zeus ordered Demeter to stop her crusade and returned to her duties. But she refused. Deep below, across the frigid river Styx, and through the halls of the underworld,
Video examples
Protecting the brain...
because I have this totally pelling helmet crusade right this epiphany of Tom's as it turns out it occurred to Tom that a twenty dollar helmet is a good way to protect a
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Quote examples
Jimmy Carter
American President
We reached a high point in my opinion with the passage of the civil rights legislation and Martin Luther King's success and the crusade of others. I think we kind of breathed a sigh of relief as if we had achieved the end of racial discrimination or white supremacy.
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Aimee Teegarden
American Actress
Animals in general have always been my passion, project, crusade - whatever you want to call it! The ocean is such a huge, beautiful thing that I feel like we all take for granted.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
I'm on a crusade to get movie directors to get their science right because, more often than they believe, the science is more extraordinary than anything they can invent.
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Gretchen Whitmer
American Politician
There was nothing that amazed me more than parents that could channel the loss of their child into a crusade to protect other people's kids.
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Shakira
Musician
I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
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Johann Lamont
Scottish Politician
My Scottish Labour Party is a crusade - to fight poverty, inequality and injustice.
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Drew Barrymore
American Actress
It's my crusade to help women feel good about themselves.
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Kayleigh McEnany
American Public Servant
Hope springs eternal, even for hopeless crusades.
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Harold Wilson
English Statesman
This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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Don Henley
American Musician
I'm not on any crusade.
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Jimmy Carter
American President
We reached a high point in my opinion with the passage of the civil rights legislation and Martin Luther King's success and the crusade of others. I think we kind of breathed a sigh of relief as if we had achieved the end of racial discrimination or white supremacy.
Quote examples
Aimee Teegarden
American Actress
Animals in general have always been my passion, project, crusade - whatever you want to call it! The ocean is such a huge, beautiful thing that I feel like we all take for granted.
Quote examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
I'm on a crusade to get movie directors to get their science right because, more often than they believe, the science is more extraordinary than anything they can invent.
Quote examples
Gretchen Whitmer
American Politician
There was nothing that amazed me more than parents that could channel the loss of their child into a crusade to protect other people's kids.
Quote examples
Shakira
Musician
I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
Quote examples
Johann Lamont
Scottish Politician
My Scottish Labour Party is a crusade - to fight poverty, inequality and injustice.
Quote examples
Drew Barrymore
American Actress
It's my crusade to help women feel good about themselves.
Quote examples
Kayleigh McEnany
American Public Servant
Hope springs eternal, even for hopeless crusades.
Quote examples
Harold Wilson
English Statesman
This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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Don Henley
American Musician
I'm not on any crusade.
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