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What does interception mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word interception? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted.
  2. (American football) A passing play where the ball is received by the opposing team.
  3. (rugby) A pass that is intercepted by an opposing player.
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Three non-glamorous examples are spam catching, obscenity blocking, and terrorist interception.
Constantine, fearing interception by the western Caesar, Flavius Valerius Severus, hastened to Britain to aid his father against the Picts.
Then a dangerous passing movement was stopped by a smart interception by Storey, who galloped in under the posts.
The scoring strike more than made up for an interception Brees threw the previous possession that led to Ohio State's go-ahead score.
He suffered a critical interception in the fourth quarter that led to the go-ahead field goal by the Texans.
Thus, large interception errors were only found for ball trajectories ending relatively far from one's midline.

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