crossing (up) Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- destroying
- wearing-away-
- flawing
- gumming-up-
- breaking
- eroding
- vitiating
- crabbing
- harming
- washing-out
- defacing
- undermining
- disfiguring
- spoiling
- endamaging
- impairing
- ruining
Weak:
- crushing
- tearing-down
- tormenting
- torturing
- totaling
- smashing
- scouring
- wasting
- lacerating
- enervating
- bloodying
- tarnishing
- dinting
- shattering
- disabling
- mutilating
- enfeebling
- blemishing
- denting
- blighting
- wounding
- botching
- doing-in
- devastating
- wrecking
- deteriorating
- totalling
- banging-up
- demolishing
- battering
- wiping-out
Strongest:
- fixing
- rebuilding
- reconditioning
- helping
- mending
- repairing
- patching
- healing
- curing
- remedying
- renovating
- reconstructing
- revamping
Strong:
Weak:
crossing (up) Meaning
crossing (up)
to ruin (something) completely, to make (someone) confused
crossing (up) Sentence Examples
- The children were crossing up the busy street, hand in hand.
- The hiker crossed up the treacherous mountain pass, carefully navigating the icy terrain.
- The crossing guard stood in the middle of the intersection, directing traffic and ensuring pedestrians crossed up safely.
- The swimmer crossed up the river against the strong current, determined to reach the other side.
- The train crossed up the tracks, its loud horn echoing through the surrounding countryside.
- The thief crossed up the police detective, leaving no trace of his involvement in the crime.
- The dog crossed up its leash and tangled it around the owner's feet.
- The lightning crossed up the sky, illuminating the dark clouds above.
- The wires crossed up, causing a short circuit and sparking dangerously.
- The students crossed up their arms and refused to answer the question, their silence a form of protest.
FAQs About the word crossing (up)
to ruin (something) completely, to make (someone) confused
injuring, crippling, weakening, hurting, compromising,damaging, marring, destroying, wearing (away), flawing
fixing, rebuilding, reconditioning, helping, mending,repairing, patching, healing, curing, remedying
The children were crossing up the busy street, hand in hand.
The hiker crossed up the treacherous mountain pass, carefully navigating the icy terrain.
The crossing guard stood in the middle of the intersection, directing traffic and ensuring pedestrians crossed up safely.
The swimmer crossed up the river against the strong current, determined to reach the other side.
