intercept
/ɪntɚˈsɛpt/ verb C1- To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion). · The police intercepted the package of stolen goods while it was in transit.
- To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.
- Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.
- To take or comprehend between.
- To perform an aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
Plural intercept · He/she/it intercepts · Past intercepted · Past participle intercepted · -ing form intercepting
Verb forms
- Base form
- intercept
- He/she/it
- intercepts
- Past
- intercepted
- Past participle
- intercepted
- -ing form
- intercepting
From the library
“Can I have been intercepted by French telegrams to the pontifical authorities?”
Marilla intercepted the look and said grimly:
He intercepted Mrs.
Gilbert Blythe tried to intercept her at the porch door.
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