intercept
/ɪntɚˈsɛpt/noun, verb3 syllables
Intercept means: tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information.
Synonyms for intercept4
What does intercept mean?3
verb
1
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information“The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy”
2
seize on its way“The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace”
noun
1
the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with intercept?12
Intercept in a sentence
- Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept an airliner that deviated from its flight path.darinmex
- The ship moved into position to intercept the space probe.Amastan
- Fyodor's truck was intercepted by a group of rebels.Amastan
- The surface-to-air missile intercepted the ninth fighter.Eccles17
- Turkish warships intercepted a Greek boat which was suspected of carrying illegal immigrants.AKINCI81
- Cheers and smiles were exchanged as Gunter announced that he intercepted the space probe.Amastan
- France is training eagles to intercept drones.Hybrid
- She slid to intercept the rolling ball.Amastan
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Forms of intercept
as a noun
- plural
- intercepts
as a verb
- past tense
- intercepted
- present participle
- intercepting
- third-person singular
- intercepts
- past participle
- intercepted