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Crusader
- noun - a disputant who advocates reform
- a warrior who engages in a holy war; "the Crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims"
Crusades
- noun - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;
- any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
- go on a crusade; fight a holy war
Crushers
- noun - a device that crushes something
Crushing
- verb - become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
- break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
- come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
- crush or bruise; "jam a toe"
- forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
- humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
- make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
- physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection";
Crustier
- adjective - brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
- having a hardened crust as a covering
Crustily
- - In a crusty or surly manner; morosely.
Crusting
- verb - form a crust or form into a crust; "The bread crusted in the oven"
Crustose
- adjective - (of lichens) having a thin crusty thallus that adheres closely to the surface on which it is growing; "crustose lichens"
Crutched
- - Supported upon crutches.
Crutches
- noun - a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking
- anything that serves as an expedient; "he uses drugs as a psychological crutch"