intercepts

verb

present tense third-person singular of intercept
as in grabs
to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course the cat was about to hightail it out the front door when I intercepted her

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Recent Examples of intercepts DeLand’s Gardner Nordman intercepts a Max Chapman pass and Bulldogs have the ball at their own 27 yard line. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026 Defensive Player of the Week Josiah Griffin, a senior defensive back, intercepts a pass with 90 seconds left and returns it 45 yards for the deciding TD as Waubonsie Valley earns its first win of season with a 28-21 victory over Palatine. — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 When an agent triggers an action, a dedicated runtime governance layer dynamically intercepts the request. — Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Russia intercepts most Ukrainian long-range drones but some have evaded Russian air defenses. — Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 27 June 2026 However, Azula intercepts the group and duels Aang and Katara with Zuko, who nearly had a change of heart after opening up to Katara. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 June 2026 Advertisement Breaking down the fight and its outcome When Sam intercepts them, Adam steps in to confront him, attempting to create time for Rosie and Grace to escape. — Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 21 Apr. 2026 The process intercepts industrial carbon emissions before they are released into the atmosphere and converts them into recycled fibers. — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2026 Kagan and his colleagues showed that within minutes, neurons on microchips could learn to play Pong, the classic video game in which a player repeatedly intercepts a ball—think two-dimensional ping-pong. — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intercepts
  1. grabs
  2. blocks
  3. captures
  4. catches
Verb
  • The person who finally climbs the ladder and grabs the briefcase.
    — Bobby Burack , Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The edge carries glycerol, a syrupy liquid that grabs water vapor from the air and turns it into liquid water inside the paper.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of grabs
Verb
  • In this group, only 3% died of breast cancer after six years, and about 91% had their tumors controlled with primary endocrine therapy, which blocks estrogen receptors on ER+ breast cancer to prevent its growth.
    — Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The preliminary injunction blocks the government from enforcing the regulation against the affected class of immigrants while the case proceeds.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of blocks
Verb
  • Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.
    — Michael Douglas, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The film, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, captures the disgraced Theranos founder in the weeks leading up to her incarceration and then again two years into her current prison sentence.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of captures
Verb
  • One of the first works that catches your eye is a 1955 Krasner collage.
    — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026
  • As the star spins, the magnetic field coming out of the surface catches that wind and sweeps it up.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of catches

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“Intercepts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercepts. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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