crusade
Noun
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is a type of: venture - any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcomesubtypes:
- ad blitz, ad campaign, advertising campaign - an organized program of advertisements
- anti-war movement - a campaign against entering or continuing a war
- charm campaign - a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support
- consumerism - a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers
- campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign - the campaign of a candidate to be elected
- fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort - a campaign to raise money for some cause
- feminism, feminist movement, women's lib, women's liberation movement - the movement aimed at equal rights for women
- gay lib, gay liberation movement - the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression
- lost cause - a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable
- reform - a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices
- war - a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious
- youth crusade, youth movement - political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people
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is a type of: expedition, hostile expedition, military expedition - a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign countryspecific instances:
- first crusade - a Crusade from 1096 to 1099; captured Jerusalem and created a theocracy there
- second crusade - a Crusade from 1145 to 1147 that failed because of internal disagreements among the crusaders and led to the loss of Jerusalem in 1187
- third crusade - a Crusade from 1189 to 1192 led by Richard I and the king of France that failed because an army torn by dissensions and fighting on foreign soil could not succeed against forces united by religious zeal
- fourth crusade - a Crusade from 1202 to 1204 that was diverted into a battle for Constantinople and failed to recapture Jerusalem
- fifth crusade - a Crusade under papal control from 1218 to 1221 that achieved military victories but failed when dissension arose over accepting the terms they had been offered
- sixth crusade - a Crusade from 1228 to 1229 led by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II who fell ill and was excommunicated by the Pope; by negotiation Frederick II was able to crown himself king of Jerusalem
- seventh crusade - a Crusade initiated in 1248 after the loss of Jerusalem in 1244 and defeated in 1249
Verb
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is a type of: campaign, take the field - go on a campaign; go off to war
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