Cross
Separate
Separate verb - To set or force apart.
Common collocations
| characters | cross characters | separate characters |
| space | cross space | separate space |
| boss | cross boss | separate boss |
| town | cross town | separate town |
| Other words: fingers. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Compare and contrast Alternate Tooniverse, where animals (or other cartoons) and humans each have a separate world which people can cross between.
Source: World of Funny Animals - Margaret only kills those "who had threatened to cross her path and separate her from the man she loved".
Source: Bibliography / Agatha Christie - Our trio start off with separate reasons and in fact do not cross paths for a considerable amount of time.
Cite this Source
Separate and Cross. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cross/separate
Cross & Separate. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cross/separate>.
Separate or Cross. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cross/separate.
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