Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept an airliner that deviated from its flight path.
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Intercept
/ɪntəˈsɛpt/
Synonyms for "intercept" (111 found)
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More general
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
More specific
13 entriesCollocations
11 entriesdata interceptionintercept formintercept theoreminterception pointmessage interceptionpass interceptionsignal interceptiontraffic interceptionx axis interceptx intercepty intercept
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 13 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِعْتَرَضَ verb (to gain possession of)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пресичам verb (to gain possession of)
Catalan
1 entries- interceptar verb (to gain possession of)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 截奪 /截夺 verb (to gain possession of)
- 搶截 /抢截 verb (to gain possession of)
Dutch
1 entries- onderscheppen verb (to gain possession of)
Finnish
2 entries- riistää verb (to gain possession of)
- siepata verb (to gain possession of)
French
1 entries- intercepter verb (to gain possession of)
German
1 entries- abfangen verb (to gain possession of)
Japanese
1 entries- 奪う verb (to gain possession of)
Polish
1 entries- przechwycić verb (to gain possession of)
Portuguese
1 entries- interceptar verb (to gain possession of)
Russian
2 entries- перехва́тывать verb (to gain possession of)
- перехвати́ть verb (to gain possession of)
Spanish
2 entries- interceptar verb (to gain possession of)
- interrumpir verb (to gain possession of)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
NASA has launched a probe called Dawn, whose mission is to travel to the asteroid belt. It will first travel to observe the asteroid Vesta. After collecting data from Vesta, Dawn will intercept with Ceres where it will observe its surface features and collect data about its chemical composition.
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France is training eagles to intercept drones.
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The ship moved into position to intercept the space probe.
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Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.