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US
/ˌɪnɝˈsɛpʃən, ˌɪntɝˈsɛpʃən/
]
[ UK /ˌɪntəsˈɛpʃən/ ]
[ UK /ˌɪntəsˈɛpʃən/ ]
NOUN
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the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving
he claimed that the interception of one missile by another would be impossible
he resorted to the interception of his daughter's letters - (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team
How To Use interception In A Sentence
- As evidenced by his seven interceptions this season, he's a ballhawk who has a knack for popping up in unexpected places.
- 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
- Last season, he had four touchdowns and nine interceptions in eight games.
- The voice of the Indianapolis Colts had some extremely harsh words for quarterback Peyton Manning, the kind of extremely harsh words Peyton isn't used to hearing even during a four-interception stinkeroo of a performance. Peyton Manning, Cliff Lee and Carl Crawford, Red Sox vs. Yankees, Jets vs. Giants (almost)
- Support for government interception of cell phone and e-mail communication, for instance, increases with age.
- In a single bound, he leaped over a Texas blocker to force a game-sealing interception earlier this year.
- I think that is one of the problems when one is dealing with electronic interception.
- The 24 year-old is out on bail pending a Monday court appearance when he will face charges of unlawful interception of an electronic communication and wire fraud.
- David Carr's first quarter slant pass to Jabar Gaffney deflected into the hands of Marlon McCree, who returned the interception 35 yards to the Texan.
- Thus, large interception errors were only found for ball trajectories ending relatively far from one's midline.