dare vs intercept

dare

verb
  • To defy or challenge (someone to do something) 

  • To terrify; to daunt. 

  • To have enough courage (to do something). 

  • To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to 

  • To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. 

noun
  • The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness. 

  • A challenge to prove courage. 

  • In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players. 

  • A small fish, the dace 

  • Defiance; challenge. 

intercept

verb
  • To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion). 

  • Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball. 

  • To take or comprehend between. 

  • To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game 

  • 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. 

noun
  • An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call. 

  • A form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store or mall. 

  • An interception of a missile. 

  • The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis. 

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