interceptor

CEFRB2

/ˌɪntəˈrsɛptər/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
A person or vehicle that stops another person or object.
02
noun
Extra detail
A combat aircraft designed to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft before they can attack.

Examples

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Deep Dive

Extra meanings

A guided missile designed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles.
Anyone or anything that intercepts something else.
A device to trap, remove, or separate hazardous or undesirable matter (such as oil or sand) from normal waste conveyed through it, permitting normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the disposal terminal by gravity.

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“The AN-TPY/2 radar is essentially the heart of the THAAD battery, enabling the launch of interceptor missiles and contributing to a networked air defense picture,” he said. “It also happens to be an incredibly expensive piece of kit. The loss of even a single radar of this type would be an operationally significant event. It is probable that a replacement unit would have to be redeployed from elsewhere, which will take time and effort.”
2026 March 5, Thomas Bordeaux, Gianluca Mezzofiore, “Radar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, satellite images show”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2026

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From intercept + -or.