Sentence:  Pakistan was created in 1947 expressly as a Muslim state , but when the army took over eleven years later it did so on a wave of mass impatience which was <WSD>directed</WSD> in part against the inability of political and religious leaders to think their way through to the meaning of Islam for the modern political situation . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  intend (something) to move towards a certain goal