crusade
noun
Often Crusade any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
are crusading
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Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“We are crusading to change this law,” he said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2014
We are crusading to-day, not for the remission of sins, but for the abolition of sinning, of economic and industrial sinning.
From The Kempton-Wace Letters by Jack London
