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US
/ˌɪnɝˈsɛpt, ˌɪntɝˈsɛpt/
]
VERB
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tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy
Is this hotel room bugged? -
seize on its way
The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
NOUN
- the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
How To Use intercept In A Sentence
- The British set up dedicated warning nets to detect the incoming V1s and then sent out interceptors.
- This is just the ground-based portion of a multilayered missile defense system, which will eventually include space-based and sea launched intercepts.
- Thanks to a swift horse powered by a mysterious elixir, he intercepts Domenico, wounding him mortally.
- The Russian air force scrambled a fighter jet to intercept a Manchester-bound airliner that had strayed into its air space
- Technical security mechanisms to guard data transmitted over a communications network so that it cannot easily be intercepted or accessed.
- As evidenced by his seven interceptions this season, he's a ballhawk who has a knack for popping up in unexpected places.
- Decoys that can confuse the homing sensor in the interceptor are the Achilles' heel of this system.
- Fighter interceptors stayed on high alert, ready to respond within minutes to identify and monitor suspicious aircraft.
- The intercept of the extrapolated regression line and x-axis was taken to be an estimate of the presentation time.
- The Super Bowl runner-up Pittsburgh Steelers were crushed by divisional rivals the Baltimore Ravens in their opening game with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger having a shaky start with three interceptions and two fumbles. Pressure already on teams off to surprisingly slow starts
