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Verb: intercept  `intu(r)'sept
  1. Seize on its way
    "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"
    - stop
     
  2. Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
    - wiretap, tap, bug
Noun: intercept  'intu(r)`sept
  1. The point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis

Derived forms: intercepted, intercepting, intercepts

See also: interception, interceptor

Type of: catch, earwig [Brit], eavesdrop, grab, listen in, point, take hold of

Encyclopedia: Intercept