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.
is intercepting
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present progressiveof intercept (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Ukraine’s air force hasn’t yet released data showing how many jet-powered drones it is intercepting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Though the city of Belgorod is not being directly attacked, Russia’s military air defense is intercepting missiles in the distance.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
Greece has recently built a steel wall along a section of the Greek-Turkish land border and is intercepting boats transporting migrants from the Turkish side.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2021
That’s because the fortified Libyan coast guard has expanded the zone of the Mediterranean it patrols and is intercepting about 1 in every 3 migrants, compared with 1 in 8 last year.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2018
Picketing by strikers or their friends is intercepting and accosting all persons approaching or leaving the place of work, to inform them of conditions and to dissuade them from working there.
From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Frank Albert Fetter
