Intercepted
[,ɪntə'septid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Intercept
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Examples
- In this instance it was Sola whom I intercepted in another part of camp. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- It would sometimes take too long a time to make translations of intercepted dispatches for us to receive any benefit from them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Its benefits were intercepted by the bigger private owners. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They were advancing up the railroad towards Burkesville yesterday, when we intercepted them at this point. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The enemy had intercepted him about New Market and handled him roughly, leaving him short six guns, and some nine hundred men out of his six thousand. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I intercepted a basin myself one night on its way upstairs, and ate half of it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I intercepted Jip. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The next morning while at Front Royal, Sheridan received a dispatch from Wright, saying that a dispatch from Longstreet to Early had been intercepted. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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