Usually means: Device or system that blocks threats.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word interceptor:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. interceptor: Merriam-Webster
  2. interceptor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. interceptor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. interceptor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. interceptor: Vocabulary.com
  6. Interceptor, interceptor: Wordnik
  7. interceptor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. interceptor: Wiktionary
  9. interceptor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. interceptor (intercepter): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. interceptor: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. interceptor: Dictionary.com
  13. Interceptor (TV series), Interceptor (game show), Interceptor, The Interceptor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. interceptor: Rhymezone
  15. interceptor: FreeDictionary.org
  16. interceptor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. interceptor: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. interceptor: Legal dictionary

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  1. interceptor: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. interceptor: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See interceptors as well.)

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noun:  Anything that intercepts something else.
noun:  A combat aircraft designed to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft before they can attack.
noun:  A guided missile designed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles.
noun:  (architecture, engineering) 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.
noun:  (computing, programming) A hook routine that intercepts normal program flow to carry out a task.
noun:  A sewer that intercepts sewerage destined for an outfall (e.g. into a river) and redirects it to a treatment plant.

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