Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that intercepts, specifically a fast-climbing, highly maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft or a guided missile designed to intercept enemy missiles and spacecraft.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
intercepter .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
intercepter .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Anything that
intercepts another - noun A fast, maneuverable
fighter aircraft designed to intercept and destroyenemy aircraft before they canattack - noun A
guided missile designed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles - noun In Architecture / Engineering, A device to trap, remove, or separate deleterious, hazardous, or undesirable matter (such as oil, grease, gasoline, sand, and sediment) from normal waste conveyed through it, permitting normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the disposal terminal by gravity.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft
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Examples
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A mobile phone call interceptor device (Credit: ESD Group) "People have this misconception that if they're using a 3G phone their call cannot be intercepted because the 3G network provides them with a bit more security," Goldsmith said.
ZDNet Australia 2010
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Russia has completed preliminary testing of a long-term interceptor missile for the advanced S-400 missile-defense system, the chief of the Almaz-Antei design bureau said on Wednesday.
RIA Novosti 2009
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And which the president, at least, has been happy to accept the notion of interceptor missiles.
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To prevent contamination infiltrating from the surface, a ditch (known as the interceptor drain) diverts surface water away from the spring box and a fence keeps animals out of the spring area.
Chapter 5 2000
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MR. BELL: The distinction is between a space-based interceptor -- in other words, something that is deployed in space, an orbiting satellite that actually kills a target either by shooting a rocket at it or zapping it with a laser -- on the one hand, and things that are orbiting in space that are sensors, or satellites that are designed as adjuncts to complement a ground-base missile defense program.
Briefing By Robert Bell On Helsinki Agreements ITY National Archives 1997
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Next in the hierarchy is the primary drainage system, composed of main drains, sometimes called interceptor drains.
2. Drainage options 1991
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This chap is using a Pulmeister 101 single seat interceptor, which is apparently the longest-range machine he can pinch without anybody noticing too much. '
The Kobra Manifesto Hall, Adam 1976
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Quoting unnamed defense sources, Kyodo said the deployment of the interceptor was a precautionary measure as Japan cooperates with the U.S. military on the looming missile threat.
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Quoting unnamed defense sources, Kyodo said the deployment of the interceptor was a precautionary measure as Japan cooperates with the U.S. military on the looming missile threat.
unknown title 2009
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CR4 allows you to "subscribe" to a discussion The spy phone-call interceptor is the ultimate in surveillance technology - surveillance technology and allows you to listen into on going conversations on the target phone.
unknown title sectechbiz 2009
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