crusades
Meaning of crusades
- each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.
the fanaticism engendered by the Crusades
in 1204 the armies of the Fourth Crusade sacked Constantinople
- a vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change.
a crusade against crime
- lead or take part in a vigorous campaign for social, political, or religious change.
he crusaded against gambling in the 1950s
late 16th century (originally as croisade ): from French croisade, an alteration (influenced by Spanish cruzado ) of earlier croisée, literally ‘the state of being marked with the cross’, based on Latin crux, cruc- ‘cross’; in the 17th century the form crusado, from Spanish cruzado, was introduced. The blending of these two forms led to the current spelling, first recorded in the early 18th century.
Information about crusades
- The singular form of crusades is: crusade.
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Hyphenation of crusades
cru-sades
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- crusades is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
crusades synonyms
Meaning an organized course of action to achieve a goal:
Meaning an organized effort by a number of people to achieve a purpose:
Meaning an act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself:
Meaning a change of place, position, or state:
Meaning a campaign undertaken by a political, social, or artistic movement:
Meaning a vigorous or determined attempt:
Meaning a forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack:
Meaning a sustained fight between large organized armed forces:
Meaning a state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country:
Meaning an attacking military campaign:
Meaning take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons:
Meaning be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work:
Meaning move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force:
Meaning struggle or fight vigorously:
Meaning campaign to arouse public concern about an issue in the hope of prompting action:
Meaning seek to influence (a legislator) on an issue:
Meaning vigorously support or defend the cause of:
Meaning support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of:
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