Contact and joining

Synonyms for intercept

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineContact and joining

seize on its way

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

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

stop

Same sentence, swapped: The fighter plane was ordered to stop an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for intercept as it is used in the sentence above.

wiretap
harpoon
net

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