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.
will intercept
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future tenseof intercept.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The US Navy has also said it will intercept ships it suspects of carrying "contraband" including oil, petroleum products, weapons, munitions and nuclear material linked to Iran.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
Johnson’s father predicts his son will intercept a pass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2020
Israel has warned the flotilla organizers that it will intercept the ships and that Israeli forces will defend themselves if attacked.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2011
It knows all the answers and can swing the gun so that any shell fired from it will intercept the course of the target in midair.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here Mack will intercept his agile foe Hasting to meet the Russians in Bohemia, And cripple him, if not annihilate.
From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy
