The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CRUSADES which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2002.
Vigorous defenses crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CRUSADES | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Vigorous defenses
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- defense
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- air force research laboratory
- armed
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- battlement
Crossword Answer definitions
CRUSADES noun- Any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims.
- Any war instigated and blessed by the Church for alleged religious ends. Especially, papal sanctioned military campaigns against infidels or heretics.
- A grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
- A mass gathering in a political campaign or during a religious revival effort.
- A Portuguese coin; a crusado.
- To go on a military crusade.
- To make a grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
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