intercepting
- present participle of intercept.
Example Sentences
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Kuwait, which like Bahrain hosts US military installations, also reported intercepting Iranian attacks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
The Malaysian navy is efficient at intercepting them, and pushing them back out onto the open seas, and local fishing communities will not help.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The Bliksem EXO system is designed to close a gap in European defenses by intercepting medium- and intermediate-range missiles in space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Nobody in between -- not the company providing the service, not the internet provider, nor hackers intercepting the message -- can read the content because they don't have the keys to unlock it.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
Thanks in no small part to her decryptions, the Coast Guard was intercepting many more rumrunners, depriving the crime bosses of their profits.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
