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US
/ˌɪnɝˈsɛptɝ, ˌɪntɝˈsɛptɝ/
]
[ UK /ˌɪntəsˈɛptɐ/ ]
[ UK /ˌɪntəsˈɛptɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft
How To Use interceptor In A Sentence
- The British set up dedicated warning nets to detect the incoming V1s and then sent out interceptors.
- Decoys that can confuse the homing sensor in the interceptor are the Achilles' heel of this system.
- Fighter interceptors stayed on high alert, ready to respond within minutes to identify and monitor suspicious aircraft.
- A year after China's antisatellite test, the U.S. demonstrated its own capabilities by blowing up a dead spy satellite with a modified ballistic-missile interceptor. China Takes Aim at U.S. Naval Might
- Among them was a ban on space-based interceptors.
- Additionally, if the 20 ground-based interceptors are to be useful, they will need to be mobile.
- Corks's eyes shot open as a heavily damaged Dominion Interceptor barreled toward them out of control.
- The F-101B, the F-102, and the F-106 were high-speed interceptors, the F-105 a “fighter-bomber” designed to drop nuclear weapons, the F-104 an indescribable and dangerous oddity. Matthew Yglesias » Government for Sale
- The first would use the same radar and missiles, but would replace the interceptor with a nuclear bomb.
- The Interceptor undocked from the massive sister ray and began the long haul back to the hidden station.