crosscut

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I've seen a man ripped up by a crosscut-saw hold himself together, and walk -- anywhere -- till he dropped.

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  1. transitive verb To cut or run across or through.
  2. transitive verb To cut using a crosscut saw.
  3. transitive verb To interweave (two separate, usually concurrent scenes) in a film.
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  • "Looks like a crosscut saw," Cooper said, examining some close-ups of the wounds. —  The Vanished Man
  • Her breath rasped at the silence like a crosscut saw. —  Barr, Nevada - [Anna Pigeon 02] A Superior Death v1.0 HTML
  • Then this tunnel… level"—I traced it on Hopwood's new map—"lies near the access road Probably was collapsed by the grading And this one, plus the smaller one The small one's what's called a crosscut. —  dummy2
  • It's at right angles to the level, leads toward where the vein of ore was located Okay, this level and this crosscut are on the north side of the mesa. —  dummy2
  • I'd left the torch on the floor of the crosscut, and when I searched for my guide rope, I couldn't find it. —  dummy2
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