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Meaning of 'intercept' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Intercept [ n.]
- A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.
2 . Intercept [ v. t.]
- To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris.
- To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river.
- To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade.
- To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B.

Meaning of 'intercept' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . intercept [ v]
Meaning (1):
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
Example in sentence:
  • Is this hotel room bugged?;
  • The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy
Meaning (2):
- seize on its way
Example in sentence:
  • The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace

Nearby Words:

intact intactable intactible intagli intagliated intaglio intaglius intail intake intaminated

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