Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept an airliner that deviated from its flight path.
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Intercept
//ɪntəˈsɛpt//
Synonyms for "intercept" (79 found)
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Strong matches (24)
Related words (39)
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
11 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Translations
71 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀπολαμβάνω verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
- ἀπολαμβάνω verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
Arabic
2 entries- اِعْتَرَضَ verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
- اِعْتَرَضَ verb (to gain possession of)
Bulgarian
4 entries- отрез noun (coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis)
- прихващане noun (interception of a missile)
- запречвам verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
- преграждам verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
Catalan
2 entries- interceptar verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
- interceptar verb (to gain possession of)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 竊聽 /窃听 noun (interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call)
- 迎擊 /迎击 noun (interception of a missile)
- 截奪 /截夺 verb (to gain possession of)
- 搶截 /抢截 verb (to gain possession of)
Dutch
2 entries- onderscheppen verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
- onderscheppen verb (to gain possession of)
Finnish
4 entries- leikkauspisteen koordinaatti noun (coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis)
- sieppaus noun (interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call)
- torjunta noun (interception of a missile)
- katkaista verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
French
2 entries- intercepter verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
- intercepter verb (to gain possession of)
German
4 entries- Achsenabschnitt noun (coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis)
- Schnittpunkt noun (coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis)
- abfangen verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
- abfangen verb (to gain possession of)
Hebrew
1 entries- יירט verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
Hungarian
1 entries- tengelymetszet noun (coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis)
Irish
1 entries- idirlíne noun (coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis)
Italian
1 entries- intercettazione noun (interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call)
Japanese
4 entries- 傍受 noun (interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call)
- 迎撃 noun (interception of a missile)
- 奪う verb (to gain possession of)
- 阻止する verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
Latin
1 entries- intercipiō verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
Māori
4 entries- haukoti noun (coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis)
- haukoti verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
- kokoti verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
- komutu verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
Polish
3 entries- przecięcie noun (coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis)
- przechwycić verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
- przechwycić verb (to gain possession of)
Portuguese
2 entries- interceptar verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
- interceptar verb (to gain possession of)
Quechua
1 entries- hark'ay verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
Russian
4 entries- пересече́ние noun (coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis)
- перехва́т noun (interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call)
- перехва́тывание noun (interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call)
- подслу́шивание noun (interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- prèsresti verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
- prèsretati verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
Spanish
2 entries- interceptar verb (to gain possession of)
- interrumpir verb (to gain possession of)
Thai
1 entries- สกัดกั้น verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
Ukrainian
2 entries- перехо́плювати verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
- перехопи́ти verb (to stop, deflect or divert)
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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