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Intercept   /ˌɪntərsˈɛpt/  /ˌɪnərsˈɛpt/   Listen
verb
Intercept  v. t.  (past & past part. intercepted; pres. part. intercepting)  
1.
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. "God will shortly intercept your breath."
2.
To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river. "Who intercepts me in my expedition?" "We must meet first, and intercept his course."
3.
To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade. "While storms vindictive intercept the shore."
4.
(Math.) To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B.
5.
To overhear or view (a communication or message intended for another), without hindering its passage; as, to intercept a telephone call.
6.
(Sports) To catch and take possession of (a ball passed between members of an opposing team); as, the back intercepted the pass and ran the ball back for a touchdown.
Synonyms: To cut off; stop; catch; seize; obstruct.



noun
Intercept  n.  (Math.) A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.






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"Intercept" Quotes from Famous Books



... intercept the tutor at the door. Lingering at the head of the stair, Frances heard her name ...
— The Spanish Chest • Edna A. Brown

... right, Fresno was gaining on his pursuers. He was out of range now, but the Indians kept shooting. Then Allie's situation became so perilous that she saw only the Indians to the left, with their mustangs stretched out so as to intercept her before she got out into ...
— The U.P. Trail • Zane Grey

... her way, Mavis set out to intercept Miss Toombs, who about this time would be on her way to business. They had not met since Mavis's marriage to Harold, Miss Toombs refusing to answer Mavis's many letters and always being out ...
— Sparrows - The Story of an Unprotected Girl • Horace W. C. Newte

... created a queen, who was dressed in royal robes, and had a crown set on her head. You need not doubt the silvered nymphs made also what haste they could to be queens. One of them was within a step of the coronation place, but there the golden knight lay ready to intercept her, so that she ...
— Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. • Francois Rabelais

... they haue deuis'd a meane How he her chamber-window will ascend, And with a Corded-ladder fetch her downe: For which, the youthfull Louer now is gone, And this way comes he with it presently. Where (if it please you) you may intercept him. But (good my Lord) doe it so cunningly That my discouery be not aimed at: For, loue of you, not hate vnto my friend, Hath made ...
— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare


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