EGAVE

interception

About 0.67 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun A passing play where the ball is caught by the opposing team.
  4. noun A pass that is intercepted by an opposing player.
  5. noun precipitation that does not reach the soil, but is instead intercepted by the leaves, branches of plants and the forest floor.

Similar words

intercept interceptor interdiction stop apprehension seizure capture veto steal intervention

Often followed by

of and by is in was or loss at

Word family

interceptions

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