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synonyms for intercept

  • ambush
  • arrest
  • block
  • catch
  • cut off
  • deflect
  • hijack
  • prevent
  • seize
  • stop
  • take away
  • appropriate
  • check
  • curb
  • hinder
  • interlope
  • interpose
  • obstruct
  • shortstop
  • take
  • cut in
  • head off at pass
  • make off with
See also synonyms for: intercepted
On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to intercept, such as: ambush, arrest, block, catch, cut off, and deflect.

antonyms for intercept

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  • allow
  • encourage
  • free
  • give
  • let go
  • release
  • aid
  • assist
  • help
  • keep
  • permit
  • promote
  • refuse
  • reject
  • abet
  • forward
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How to use intercept in a sentence

We are going to keep focused on what was disclosed in the NIH letter and in the release of grant updates by EcoHealth by the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Intercept.
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Almost all of Ravkoo’s customers paid for these medications out of pocket, according to the hacked data published in The Intercept.
HOW AN ONLINE PHARMACY SOLD MILLIONS WORTH OF DUBIOUS COVID-19 DRUGS — WHILE PATIENTS PAID THE PRICEVERA BERGENGRUENOCTOBER 13, 2021TIME
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WHY SCHOOL LUNCHES FEEL LIKE THEY’RE FROZEN IN TIMEALLY SHWEDJULY 30, 2021VOX
Worse, they say, his attacks have helped stir an angry and dangerous reaction in right-wing circles, leading to harassment of some of the publication’s journalists — the very thing Greenwald accused the Intercept of inciting.
GLENN GREENWALD MAY HAVE QUIT THE INTERCEPT, BUT HE CAN’T QUIT THE FEUDPAUL FARHIMAY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POST
While the reporter is unnamed in court records, the description matches Jeremy Scahill, a founding editor of the Intercept.
FORMER INTELLIGENCE ANALYST DANIEL HALE PLEADS GUILTY TO LEAKING CLASSIFIED INFORMATIONRACHEL WEINERMARCH 31, 2021WASHINGTON POST
With scarcely a point to intercept the view, after being thirteen miles within it.
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He at once set out to try and intercept his advance on Paris, but his troops refused to act against their former leader.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
Carna changed her course to parallel the pursuit, and they changed again, to intercept her new direction.
VALLEY OF THE CROENLEE TARBELL
Only once I saw a neighbour, in the balcony below, intercept the post, and I believe substitute some other letter.
SPANISH LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRYL. HIGGIN AND EUGNE E. STREET
The river below Wroxham is very narrow and very sinuous; its banks lined with groves of trees which intercept the wind.
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WORDS RELATED TO INTERCEPT

  • apprehend
  • be early
  • be one step ahead of
  • beat someone to it
  • block
  • delay
  • forestall
  • hinder
  • hold back
  • intercept
  • precede
  • preclude
  • prepare for
  • prevent
  • provide against
  • abbreviate
  • abort
  • abridge
  • break off
  • break short
  • bring to an end
  • check
  • checkmate
  • clip
  • curtail
  • diminish
  • end
  • finish
  • freeze
  • halt
  • hinder
  • intercept
  • interrupt
  • postpone
  • put a stop to
  • quit
  • shorten
  • stop
  • stop cold
  • stop dead
  • stop short
  • terminate
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