Intercept
[,ɪntə'sept] or [,ɪntɚ'sɛpt]
Definition
(noun.) the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis.
(verb.) seize on its way; 'The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace'.
Editor: Nolan--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris.
(v. t.) To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river.
(v. t.) To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade.
(v. t.) To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B.
(n.) A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Stop on the way, seize on the passage.[2]. Interrupt, obstruct, cut off.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Arrest, stop, catch, seize, neutralize
ANT:Send, despatch, forward, depute, commission, delegate, interchange, exchange,neglectful, unmindful,
Editor: Oswald
Definition
v.t. to stop and seize on its passage: to obstruct check: to interrupt communication with: to cut off: (math.) to take or comprehend between.—ns. Intercep′ter Intercep′tor; Intercep′tion.—adj. Intercep′tive.
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Examples
- It was intended that he should raise as large an army as possible with which to intercept Sherman's march. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Unprepared for such a desperate effort, for she had hitherto stood perfectly motionless, Bois-Guilbert had neither time to intercept nor to stop her. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Each turns her towards his companion, or endeavours to intercept her when his companion turns her towards himself. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He zealously undertook to do so, and to intercept any newspaper through which it might, without such precautions, reach him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- C is a screw rod, cone-shaped at its extremity, turned by the crank M, and serving to regulate and even intercept the passage of steam. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- We will intercept him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The receiving station must have the means to intercept the waves, and then transform them again into electrical oscillations that shall correspond to those sent out from the transmitting station. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- 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.
- Just as an intercepting rising ground concealed him from view, the clock struck twelve. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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