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verb(in-ter-cept)to stop, seize, or interrupt in progress or course or before arrival
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verb(in-ter-cept)to receive (a communication or signal directed elsewhere) usually secretly
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verb(in-ter-cept)to gain possession of (an opponent's pass)
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noun(in-ter-cept)the distance from the origin to a point where a graph crosses a coordinate axis
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noun(in-ter-cept)interception; especially : the interception of a missile by an interceptor or of a target by a missile
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noun(in-ter-cept)a message, code, or signal that is intercepted (as by monitoring radio communications)
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noun(in-ter-cept)the x-coordinate of a point where a line, curve, or surface intersects the x-axis
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noun(in-ter-cept)the y-coordinate of a point where a line, curve, or surface intersects the y-axis