Intercept
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:13 ptsWWF:16 pts9 letters
Definition of Intercept
Verb
- To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
"The police intercepted the package of stolen goods while it was in transit."
- To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game. Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.
- Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.
- To take or comprehend between.
- To perform an aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
Noun
- An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
- An interception of a missile.
- The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
"the y intercept"
- A form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store or mall.
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