To Intercept

From Latin intercipere (to intercept), from capere (to take, seize), from Proto-Indo-European: kapyéti (from the root kap- / *keh₂p-, "to seize, grab")

1. (transitive) To stop, To Deflect or To Divert (something in progress or motion).
2. (transitive, sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.
3. (transitive, American football) Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.
4. (transitive, mathematics) To take or comprehend between.
5. To perform an Aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.