to intercept
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5.3
- verb
- /ˌɪntərˈsɛpt/
:
interceptar
- They're on a course to intercept Air Force One.
- intercept incoming rockets
- intercept a target
- intercept the forces
It was something as dumb, as simple as them intercepting a package of money.
- It was something as dumb, as simple as them intercepting a package of money.
- As such, they could intercept deserters, informants, enemy scouts and troops.
- The Coast Guard goes out and they intercepted these ships.
- But I don't intervene in people's lives other than intercepting an adult hurting a kid.
- So that right there is the mindset of budo Boo means to stop, to intercept the spear, to go to war.
- So we train and how to intercept usually very slow moving aircraft that don't know where they are.
- ICBM and they can actually intercept missiles interest space.
- So they've ended up going to the other side of the park, from what I gather, to kind of intercept them to to have a fight.
- No, it was quite in context because what he meant was now that the gloves are off, we can intercept anything we want anywhere in the world.
Examples
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Our finest spy intercepted a caravan leaving Alamut.
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For months the Goths have been intercepting supplies sent to the city.
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- It's too late to intercept them.
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Sir, what do you want me to do when we intercept American 11?
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We may not be able to intercept his next warning to the king.
Fiction book (1991) -
So this was a prime spot to intercept incoming German aircraft.
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On my way into school one beautiful spring morning, I was intercepted by our school secretary.
Academic text (2015) -
Methone was the perfect base from which to intercept those ships.
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My scouts intercepted this dispatch intended for you.
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The police managed to intercept the stolen vehicle before it reached the border.
Synonyms
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1.0
To make something end and not continue
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1.0
To take hold of a moving person or thing to stop it
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2.8
To catch and take control of someone or something after a chase
Antonyms
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Morphology
intercept = inter + cept
The word contains a real prefix, but because '-cept' is a bound root rather than a familiar English base word, learners are unlikely to derive the meaning 'stop or seize in transit' from morphology alone.
Etymology
Intercept comes from the Latin parts inter- 'between' and capere 'to take', and it is like the English word capture which also means to take. To intercept something is to stop or seize it while it is on its way, as if you take it before it reaches its destination.