Crossing and Defending

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Crossing noun - A journey over water in a vessel.

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Defending and crossing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Defending" instead an adjective "Crossing".

Nearby Words: cross, crossed, crossbar, crossover

Defending adjective - Attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring.

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Crossing and defending are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crossing" instead an adjective "Defending".

Attacking and defending star systems becomes about crossing those distances and threatening to cut your enemy off from his line of retreat through a jump range.

Source: Standard Starship Scuffle
Three brothers dream of joining the order of the royal knights: fearless knights, capable of crossing great distances, of killing the most dangerous of thieves and of defending the brave farmer.

Source: Comic Book / Diary of a Hero
In World War Z, at one point a tanker defending a bridge is horrified when he sees refugees crossing it get bombed with poison gas, but understands when about one in ten of the dead suddenly stand back up as zombies.

Source: Quarantine With Extreme Prejudice

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