How to Use interceptor in a Sentence

interceptor

noun

• Allag‑E is a ground-to-air counter-drone interceptor.
  — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025
• The interceptor drone aims to shift that balance.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
• And of course, interceptors like Yolka are only found at the front line.
  — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• Our air defense forces, mobile fire groups, and drone interceptor crews worked all night and morning.
  — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
• Although the interceptor may hold up for years, or not, surgery is underway.
  — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2020
• Many interceptors can travel fast enough to overtake hostile drones in flight.
  — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
• That figure stands in stark contrast to the price of interceptor missiles.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Apr. 2026
• Each one would need to stock more interceptors and operate with escort ships to fend off attacks.
  — Editorial, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
• While drones can be shot out of the sky by missile interceptors, this is not a cost-effective approach.
  — Iain Boyd, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
• This is because a large bird looks similar to a drone on radar, so there is a risk an interceptor drone will be sent to down it.
  — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• Donations for interceptor drones for Ukraine can be made here.
  — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• The rest of the world – which is not yet armed with jet drones, or interceptors to stop them – are spectators, for the time being.
  — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• But if interceptor supplies run low first, the calculus could shift.
  — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2026
• It can’t be pumped up through the above-ground system – which flows one way -- and went through interceptor and into the repair trench.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2017
• There is a radar, there's a fire-control system or computer and there are interceptors.
  — Paul Gattis, AL.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• The drone can act as a mobile interceptor within larger defense grids.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
• If the path looks like the rocket will land in a populated area, the interceptors are deployed.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2023
• Jeremiah Beaman does just that as an interceptor on defense and a tight end on offense.
  — Mike Perrin | , al, 19 Aug. 2023
• The fourth bomber group will be the invading force and the fourth interceptor command the defending force.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2021
• This quick fix would reload the military’s stock of interceptors with existing weapons systems, which is the source of the bad math.
  — Aaron Brynildson, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
• The system uses radar and short-range interceptor missiles to detect, track, and shoot down artillery rounds in mid-flight.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2019
• The two interceptors will help stop hundreds of tons of plastic from reaching the ocean each year, Richardson said.
  — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
• Defenses around the city and at a nearby Israeli air base fired interceptors.
  — Majd Al-Waheidi, NPR, 5 May 2024
• The company’s Anvil interceptor drones can ram into hostile drones in the sky.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 29 May 2024
• So that’s the interceptor problem.
  — Brynn Tannehill, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
• There are questions about the short supply of our munitions and missile interceptors.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
• There is the interceptors overhead, there's the loud booms, hotel windows shaking and alerts going off on your phone at all hours of the day and night.
  — CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
• Each Iron Dome launch unit is armed with up to 20 Tamir interceptor rockets.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2021
• The agency plans to increase the fleet to 44 by year’s end by adding interceptors at Fort Greely.
  — David Willman, latimes.com, 30 May 2017
• Each interceptor missile can cost millions of dollars.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026