Definitions for interceptors

interceptors in·ter·cep·tor

Spelling: [in-ter-sep-ter]
IPA: /ˌɪn tərˈsɛp tər/

Interceptors is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 1434 anagrams from letters in interceptors (ceeinoprrstt).

Definitions for interceptors

noun

  1. a person or thing that intercepts.
  2. Military. a fighter aircraft with fast-reaction capabilities, used to identify and, if appropriate, engage other aircraft in combat.

Origin of interceptors

1590-1600; Latin, equivalent to intercep- (see intercept) + -tor -tor

Examples for interceptors

It would compute the correct time of launch, select an interceptor, and order it off the ground at the correct time.

At interceptor Headquarters it was assumed that a mistake had been made in charting the location of the station.

Only the previous week, at a station down the line, an interceptor had been launched at an unannounced satellite.

So far, five of them have been hit by interceptor rockets, but we don't have them all by a long shot.

If he failed to launch an interceptor at a track that turned out to be hostile, it meant the death of an American city.

The interceptor missiles had to detect it, swing to intercept, to accelerate furiously.

The interceptor was lower to the northwest, cutting into their path.

Thus he had to launch the interceptor when the missile was twenty-seven degrees from intercept.

In theory, one interceptor could handle a missile all by itself.

The interceptor is still under development and has yet to undergo a flight intercept test.

Word Value for interceptors
Scrable

15

Words with friends

18

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