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n. the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis

v. seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

v. tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"

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seize, clutch, get hold of

v. affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"

collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop

v. take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

finish, end, terminate

v. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

hold on, stop

v. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

end, stop, finish, terminate, cease

v. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

tweet, twirp

v. make a weak, chirping sound; "the small bird was tweeting in the tree"

get, catch, capture

v. succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"

fracture

v. break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"

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