Break and Intercept

Break

Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.

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Intercept and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intercept" instead a verb "Break".

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Intercept verb - To stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course.

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Break and intercept are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Intercept".

But since Greiger doesn't destroy either card, Yusei reveals that was covered, too: he activates Wasteland Tornado himself to destroy his own Limiter Break and get Speed Warrior to intercept the attack.

Source: Out-Gambitted aka: Out Gambit
Ships in Nexus: The Jupiter Incident can be equipped with rapid-fire flak lasers that can destroy enemy fighters and incoming missiles (but not torpedoes, they are too fast) — though you're better off with fighter escort since they break off and intercept threats automatically.

Source: Point Defenseless
Despite the Guomindang's total inability to break Japanese military codes, or even intercept their wireless messages at all in many cases (due to a lack of powerful radio transmitters and receivers), they usually knew pretty much everything the Japanese were up to anyway.

Source: Useful Notes / Second Sino-Japanese War

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