crosscut vs undermine

crosscut

verb
  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

noun
  • A crosswise cut. 

  • A shortcut. 

  • A crosscut saw. 

  • A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. 

  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

undermine

verb
  • To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap. 

  • To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage. 

  • To erode the base or foundation of something, e.g. by the action of water. 

How often have the words crosscut and undermine occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )