intercepted Definition

intercept
verb intercepted, intercepting

1a. To stop or catch (eg a person, missile, aircraft, etc) on their or its way from one place to another;

Thesaurus: obstruct, interrupt, frustrate, impede, thwart, arrest, seize, block, deflect, cut off, check, head off, stop.
1b. To prevent (a missile, etc) from arriving at its destination, often by destroying it.
2. math.
To mark or cut off (a line, plane, curve, etc) with another another line, plane, etc that crosses it.

noun

1. The part of a line or plane that is cut off by another line or plane crossing it, especially the distance from the origin to the point where a straight line or a curve crosses one of the axes of a coordinate system.
2. The point at which two figures intersect, that part of a line that is intercepted.

Derivative: interception
noun

Derivative: interceptive
adj

Etymology: 16c: from Latin intercipere, interceptum.