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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ji·had /ʤɪˈhɑd, || ˈhæd/
 討伐異教徒,擁護運動

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ji·had, Je·had n.  Islam A religious war against infidels or Muslim heretics; also, any bitter war or crusade for a principle or belief.
    [Their] courage in war . . . had not, like that of the Muslim dervishes of the Sudan, or of Muslims anywhere engaged in a jehad, a religious motive and the promise of future bliss behind it.    --James Bryce.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 jihad
      n 1: a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels [syn: jehad,
           international jihad]
      2: a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or
         spiritual or political goal [syn: jehad]