intersect
verb (used with object)
to cut or divide by passing through or across.
intersected
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past participleof intersect.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof intersect.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
intersectverb (used with object)to cut or divide by passing through or across.
Example Sentences
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The city is built on former marshlands and is intersected by a network of canals, many of them heavily flooded by the rains.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Coincidentally or not, that pained study of marital dissolution, co-starring Jolie’s then-husband Brad Pitt, intersected with the couple’s real-life breakup — not to mention Jolie’s grief over the death of her mother, Marcheline Bertrand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Police effectively asked Google to look through a vast archive of human movement and identify which lives intersected with a particular patch of pavement at a particular moment in time.
From Slate ● May 20, 2026
“The unexpected gas intersected, as announced today, could potentially mean the cluster holds a larger amount of gas than previously estimated,” Euroz says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
The business streets intersected to form the shape of a cross.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
