Crossing and Defy

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Crossing noun - A journey over water in a vessel.

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Defy and crossing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Defy" instead a verb "Crossing".

Nearby Words: cross, crossed, crossbar, crossover

Defy verb - To go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of.

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Crossing and defy are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Crossing" with "Defy", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: defied, defying

In The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Ganondorf, in his crossing of the Moral Event Horizon, tries to have all the Gorons fed to the great lava dragon Volvagia as an example of what happens to those who defy him.

Source: Fed to the Beast

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