intercept
verb (used with object)
to take, seize, or halt (someone or something on the way from one place to another); cut off from an intended destination.
have been intercepting
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present perfect progressiveof intercept.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“So far we have been intercepting them. I hope we will keep intercepting them,” Sgt Mykhailo Shamanov, a spokesperson for Kyiv city military administration, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024
"Then Lefty Camillion and his friends have been intercepting data from our rocket launchings at Wallops," Scotty said unbelievingly.
From The Flying Stingaree by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
