Intercept and Stop

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Intercept verb - Seize on its way.

Usage example: The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace

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Stop is a synonym for intercept in catch topic. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead a verb "Intercept", when it comes to topics like head off.

Stop verb - Seize on its way.

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Intercept is a synonym for stop in prevent topic. You can use "Intercept" instead a verb "Stop".

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

attack	intercept attack	stop attack
people	intercept people	stop people
army	intercept army	stop army
missile	intercept missile	stop missile
Other words: bullet, ship, virus, enemy, attacks, bullets, enemies, attempts.

If you fail to intercept or stop him, you will lose all the colourless spots you filled in and need to fill them up again.

Source: Scrappy Mechanic / Super Mario Bros.
You can also intercept assassination messages in pigeon coops in order to stop Assassins from murdering your fellow Templars.

Source: Video Game / Assassin's Creed: Rogue
Aware of this, King Jeff tells the protagonists that there is a huge mothership that will help them intercept the asteroid and find a way to stop it, but it's missing twelve pieces.

Source: Video Game / Jet Force Gemini

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