Synonyms for intersect
ˌɪn tərˈsɛktin·ter·sect

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1. intersect, crossverb

   meet at a point

   Synonyms:
   frustrate, foil, spoil, cut through, crossbreed, cover, cut across, bilk, hybridize, hybridise, pass over, cross, baffle, sweep, scotch, track, interbreed, thwart, span, get across, get over, traverse

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1. intersectverb

   Synonyms:
   cross

2. intersectverb

   Synonyms:
   cross each other

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1. List of paraphrases for "intersect":

   overlap

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How to use intersect in a sentence?

1. John Kirby:

   This is a marriage of convenience, not of affection, not of love … where they intersect is pushing back against the United States and our influence around the world, they’d like to change the rules of the game, and in each other, they see a useful foil.

2. Haley Moss:

   People with disabilities make up a sizable portion of the population eligible to vote, and it's crucial not to alienate potential voters, disability issues intersect with all other policy proposals and ideas.

3. Charles Krauthammer:

   Everybody knows that on every issue, she has a private position and a public. If they intersect, that's nice. But if it doesn't, that's the way she operates.

4. Marcelo Claure:

   Ziad is one of the world's most successful and respected government affairs executives with a proven track record managing issues for large global entities where business interests intersect with public policy.

5. Hermann Hesse:

   Every man is more than just himself he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way and never again.