crossing

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  1. noun The act or action of crossing.
  2. noun A place at which roads, lines, or tracks intersect; an intersection.
  3. noun A place at which a river, railroad, or highway, for example, may be crossed: a railroad crossing; a pedestrian crossing.

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  • Two more crossed successfully but the crossing was a hazardous and difficult process. —  Panzer Battles
  • We concentrated our defense measures on the right flank, as a crossing was anticipated in the Düsseldorf sector. —  Panzer Battles
  • He would never get the money back, the crossing was a disaster on every front, and he would be blamed. —  The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
  • —Off at 3.15 A.M., and in five hours reached Kabogo Eiver; from this point the crossing is always accomplished: it is about thirty miles broad. —  The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II, 1869-1873
  • FROM MT. MACEDON TO SYDNEY (3 October to 3 November 1836) Continuing their journey north-eastwards they crossed a river which Mitchell named the Campaspe--this crossing was at Redesdale. —  Thomas Mitchell
 

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