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Synonyms
cru·sade (krōō-sād́)

[French croisade, Spanish cruzada, both ultimately from Latin crux, cruc-, cross.]

noun 

  1. Any of the military expeditions undertaken by European Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims.
  2. A holy war undertaken with papal sanction.
  3. A vigorous concerted movement for a cause or against an abuse. See synonyms at campaign

intransitive verb: -sad·ed, -sad·ing, -sades. 

To engage in a crusade.

derivatives

cru·sad́er
noun