INTERDICT


Meaning of INTERDICT in English

The verb is pronounced /ɪntə(r)dɪkt/. The noun is pronounced /ɪntə(r)dɪkt/.

( interdicted)

1.

If an armed force interdicts something or someone, they stop them and prevent them from moving. If they interdict a route, they block it or cut it off. ( AM FORMAL )

Troops could be ferried in to interdict drug shipments.

= intercept

VERB : V n

• inter‧dic‧tion

(interdictions)

...increased drug interdiction efforts by the military and Coast Guard.

N-VAR

2.

An interdict is an official order that something must not be done or used. ( FORMAL )

The National Trust has placed an interdict on jet-skis in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.

= ban

N-COUNT

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