What is another word for Intercepting?

Pronunciation: [ˌɪntəsˈɛptɪŋ] (IPA)

Intercepting, or the act of interrupting a process or communication before completion, has many synonyms. Some words that can be used interchangeably with intercepting include blocking, stopping, halting, obstructing, impeding, and hindering. These words all indicate an action taken to prevent or hinder the progress of something. Intercepting can also imply clandestine or surreptitious action, so some synonyms that convey this idea are eavesdropping, spying, wiretapping, and surveillance. Regardless of the synonym used, intercepting often requires intentional or strategic efforts to subvert or disrupt the natural flow of something, whether it is a conversation, a shipment, or an event.

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What are the hypernyms for Intercepting?

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Usage examples for Intercepting

On the contrary, I returned, on Intercepting one running S. E. towards our river.
"Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales"
Thomas Mitchell
The men sent in her landed just as a party of Frenchmen had come round the hill, and were on the point of Intercepting Jacob, who was hurrying down with his burden, regardless of the shot whistling by him.
"Won from the Waves"
W.H.G. Kingston
He cut me off from communication with this community, and my other friends, by Intercepting my mail; made me a close prisoner in my own house; refused me interviews with friends who called to see me, so that he might meet with no interference in carrying out the plan he had devised to get me incarcerated again for life.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard

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