intercepts
Stops in transit
Intercepts functions as both verb and noun around the core idea of stopping or catching something before it reaches its intended destination.
You intercept a pass in football by catching it before the receiver does; agencies intercept communications by capturing them in transit.
The defender intercepted the ball at the goal line.
In mathematics, an intercept is the point where a line or curve crosses an axis.
The noun also refers to the act of interception itself or the thing intercepted: The intelligence team analyzed the intercepts.
Rotation reference line
- coordinateArrange for unified action
- graphVisual data display
- slopeAngled terrain or steepness
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
equation · linear · point · origin · ordinate · abscissa · zero · crossing
Exchange of information
- signalsConveyed indications
- wiretapHidden listening device
- eavesdropListen to private conversations
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
encrypted · transmission · frequency · radio · messages · decryption · monitoring · espionage
Caught passes by defenders
- turnoversPossession changes or pastries
- deflectionsForced changes in trajectory
- picksSelections from options
- pickoffThrow to tag straying runner
takeaway · defense · cornerback · safety · linebacker · quarterback · pass · thrown
axis
Rotation reference line
- coordinateArrange for unified action
- graphVisual data display
- slopeAngled terrain or steepness
intersection · equation · linear · point · origin · ordinate · abscissa · zero · crossing · tangent
communications
Exchange of information
intelligence · encrypted · transmission · frequency · radio · messages · decryption · monitoring · espionage · classified
interceptions
Caught passes by defenders
- turnoversPossession changes or pastries
- deflectionsForced changes in trajectory
- picksSelections from options
pickoff · takeaway · defense · cornerback · safety · linebacker · quarterback · pass · thrown · tipped
- mathaddition, subtraction, multiplication, division, algebra
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- classified inteltop secret, classified, classified documents, state secrets, military secrets
- military communicationsradio, walkie-talkie, radio operators, signal flags, morse code
- war roomcommand post, headquarters, operations center, ops center, crisis center
- wiretappingwiretap, wiretapping, wiretaps, phone tapping, phone taps
interceptsreleases
Lets go or publishes
lets go · surrenders · relinquishes · dispatches · hands off
- police interceptorFast law enforcement vehicle
- interceptor missilesWeapons that neutralize airborne threats
- intercepted messagesCommunications captured mid-transmission
intercept, interception, intercepted, intercepting, interceptor, interceptors