crosscutting
[ kraws-kuht-ing, kros- ]
nounMovies, Television.
the technique of intercutting a scene with portions of another scene, especially to heighten suspense by showing simultaneous action.
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How to use crosscutting in a sentence
Blount recalled his men from the drifts where 91they had been working and set them to crosscutting for the vein.
Shadow Mountain | Dane CoolidgeWe'd got down about sixty feet, all timbered, and was thinking of crosscutting.
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British Dictionary definitions for cross-cutting
cross-cutting
adjective
linking traditionally separate or independent parties or interests: a multi-agency, cross-cutting approach on drugs
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