crusade against something
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to make a long and determined effort to change or stop something that you believe to be harmful:
He has long crusaded against the tobacco industry.
The movement has crusaded against many environmental regulations.
a long and determined attempt to change or stop something that you believe to be harmful:
She launched a crusade against corruption.
At that time Senator Joseph McCarthy was engaged in his crusade against communism.
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crusade
The group crusades against what it views as unacceptable or unaccountable governance.
He has been crusading for decades against what he sees as a conspiracy to exploit under-age victims.
He crusaded against atomic weapons until his death at 76.
The town's crusade against drugs resulted in a sharp decrease in overdose deaths.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Opposing & against
active resistance
ad hominem
adversarial
against someone's beliefs
alienate
alienated
converse
countervailing
discordant
intifada
kick
kick against something
lark
man the barricadesidiom
objector
opposed
opposition
protest
resistant
sedition
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