Sample sentences for INTERCEPT

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Definition

to stop or catch someone or something in route

In mathematical graphing, an intercept is a point at which a line intersects either the vertical or horizontal axis.

He intercepted the pass on the 5-yard line.

intercepted = stopped or caught something in route (in this case, the football)

The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
The CIA intercepted the message and arrested them.
She intercepted me on my way to the punch bowl.
We intercepted missile while it was still in the high atmosphere.
I started after him, but DeShawn intercepted me.
Carl Deuker -- Gym Candy

intercepted = caught and stopped someone or something in route

TONY [He is unaware that Bernardo is crossing toward him, but Riff intercepts.]
Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim -- Westside Story

intercepts = stops him in route

Several JURORS rise as if to intercept the 10TH JUROR.
Reginald Rose -- Twelve Angry Men

intercept = stop or catch

Minutes later Syd'Quan Thompson ended Houston's final drive by intercepting Schaub, and we had our fourth win of the season.
Tim Tebow -- Through My Eyes
I'll have to intercept the mail.
Chaim Potok -- The Chosen
He charged towards me, but Carter intercepted him halfway up the slope.
Rick Riordan -- The Red Pyramid
Here, above where the trees intercepted the sunlight, there were certainties, including certainties of doubt.
John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues
When she neared the door, a nurse stood and intercepted her.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Best of Me
No. The letter must be intercepted.
Oscar Wilde -- An Ideal Husband
She intercepted Chaol as soon as she crossed the line of chalk.
Sarah J. Maas -- Throne of Glass
Fear made them ignore their common sense, and they released a flock of barbed arrows that arched up to intercept her.
Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
But the Indian intercepted the blow and held the rifle.
Zane Grey -- The Thundering Herd
It came whilst Leonora was talking to Edward, or Leonora would have intercepted it as she had intercepted others.
Ford Madox Ford -- The Good Soldier
As she resumed her normal stride and approached the waiting area, she intercepted a nurse with a message for Jack Salmon in Room 582.
Alice Sebold -- The Lovely Bones
There were some complaints; she intercepted them.
Gustave Flaubert -- Madame Bovary

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