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Definition: (noun) the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil.
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cross

noun
Something hard to bear physically or emotionally: affliction, burden 1, trial, tribulation. See heavy, over
verb
  1. To go across: pass, track, transit, traverse. See move
  2. To pass through or over: crisscross, crosscut, cut across, decussate, intersect. See meet
  3. To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean. Off or out: annul, blot (out), cancel, delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out). Law: vacate. See continue
  4. Informal. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose: baffle, balk, check, checkmate, defeat, foil, frustrate, stymie, thwart. Informal: stump. Idiom: cut the ground from under. See allow
phrasal verb

cross up
To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of: bankrupt, break down, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack 2, wreck. Slang: total. Idiom: put the kibosh on. See help
adjective
Having or showing a bad temper: bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish. Informal: crabby, mean 2. Idiom: out of sorts. See attitude

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