cruces

[ kroo-seez ]

/ ˈkru siz /

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noun

a plural of crux.

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How to use cruces in a sentence

Under a lowering sky, the entourage crowds into two Hertz station wagons for the sixty mile drive to Las Cruces.
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The most notorious online recruiter of Americans is Anwar Al-Awlaki, born in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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This made private marauding expeditions easier, and the men of Las Cruces Ranch were prepared for anything.
The Second Latchkey|Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
The sterility of hybrids has been always considered one of the great cruces in connection with any theory of Evolution.
Selections from Previous Works|Samuel Butler

Upon the Monte de la Cruces, outside of the city, the forces met, and a terrible battle ensued.
Mexico|Susan Hale
We must therefore let him up, bind him fast, and take measures for delivering him to the police at Las Cruces.
Alamo Ranch|Sarah Warner Brooks
At a short distance from Cruces, in sight of the road, is a large ship's anchor lying in the wood.
The Funny Philosophers|George Yellott

British Dictionary definitions for cruces

cruces

/ (ˈkruːsiːz) /

noun

a plural of crux

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