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noun
1.
an act or instance of intercepting.
2.
the state or fact of being intercepted.
3.
Military.
a.
the engaging of an enemy force in an attempt to hinder or prevent it from carrying out its mission.
b.
the monitoring of enemy radio transmission to obtain information.
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Interception
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| intercept | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to stop, deflect, or seize on the way from one place to another; prevent from arriving or proceeding |
| 2. | sport to seize or cut off (a pass) on its way from one opponent to another |
| 3. | maths to cut off, mark off, or bound (some part of a line, curve, plane, or surface) |
| —n | |
| 4. | maths |
| a. a point at which two figures intersect | |
| b. the distance from the origin to the point at which a line, curve, or surface cuts a coordinate axis | |
| c. an intercepted segment | |
| 5. | (US), (Canadian) sport the act of intercepting an opponent's pass |
| [C16: from Latin intercipere to seize before arrival, from | |
| inter'ception | |
| —n | |
| inter'ceptive | |
| —adj | |
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