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Definition of intercepting : of Intercept

Synonyms:

focusing, concentrating, meeting, merging, uniting, approaching

defying, checking, conflicting, antagonizing, confronting, hindering, countering, obstructing, counterattacking, crossing, objecting, disputing, interfering, impeding, opposing, contradicting, resisting, meddling, repulsing, oppressing, fighting, repressing, inhibiting, repelling, counteracting, rebuffing, disagreeing, challenging, suppressing, protesting

Usage examples:

• Intercepting a letter bursting with good news, confiscating a hamper full of presents and prizes, pouring torrents of intoxicating wine into the sea, all this is a faint approximation for the Eugenic inaction of the ancestors of Stevenson. - "Eugenics and Other Evils", G. K. Chesterton.
• In any case he had a consummate amount of cool assurance intercepting people at that hour of the night or morning. - "Ulysses", James Joyce.
• The latter, by running backward several paces, succeeds in intercepting the ball at a distance of say five feet beyond its first line- up. - "Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium", Jessie H. Bancroft.