(~ed)
1.
If an armed force ~s something or someone, they stop them and prevent them from moving. If they ~ a route, they block it or cut it off. (AM FORMAL)
Troops could be ferried in to ~ drug shipments.
= intercept
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~ion (~ions)
...increased drug ~ion efforts by the military and Coast Guard.
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2.
An ~ is an official order that something must not be done or used. (FORMAL)
The National Trust has placed an ~ on jet-skis in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.
= ban
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