INTERDICTED Synonyms: 145 Similar and Opposite Words

interdicted 1 of 2

adjective

as in prohibited

that may not be permitted an interdicted hold in wrestling

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interdicted

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verb

past tense of interdict

as in forbade

to order not to do or use or to be done or used the state legislature moved to interdict the use of radar-detection devices by motorists

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as in intercepted

to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course federal agents are able to interdict only a small percentage of the narcotic shipments into the country

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Shortly after the 110 migrants were interdicted at sea on Wednesday by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force and Turks and Caicos Islands Regiment and Border Force, they were loaded on two police marine vessels for processing. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 On April 17, CBP’s San Diego Marine Unit crews interdicted a 24-foot boat near San Clemente Island. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026 Both of the vessels were interdicted in the Indo-Pacific Command's area of responsibility, which includes the Indian Ocean, according to the Pentagon. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026 The Coast Guard also interdicted Motor Tanker Sophia in international waters near the Caribbean. — Max Rego, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2026 On Saturday, the Defense Department interdicted a second tanker, which the White House said carried sanctioned oil. — Amina Kilpatrick, NBC news, 22 Dec. 2025 The Coast Guard, sometimes with help from the Navy, had typically interdicted boats suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, searched for illicit cargo, and arrested the people aboard for prosecution. — Konstantin Toropin, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025 The crew’s interdiction was hailed as a historic milestone under Operation Pacific Viper, which has averaged more than 1,600 pounds of cocaine interdicted daily since August 2025. — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025 No leaves on the trees, few birds in the sky; the spacious vistas interdicted in all directions by armed men in black uniforms—police at the perimeter barricades, police on motorcycles, police drifting overhead in helicopters. — Henry Freedland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

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Their alternating stories portray a Europe that exploits gifted children, while rigid class and gender expectations leave both protagonists struggling to pursue forbidden ambitions.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
As a forbidden attraction grows between the two men, tragedy unleashes supernatural forces upon their deeply religious community.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

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None of the ballistic missiles that slammed Kyiv overnight into Thursday were intercepted – an indicator that Patriot stocks are still empty or critically low.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Jake Stearney was 25-of-45 passing for 312 yards but was intercepted three times.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

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Reservoirs have already fallen perilously low -- with one lake so dry this year that a small town nearby let its Little League field go dry and temporarily forbade residents from washing cars or watering lawns.

— Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
For decades, the United States favored an international order that forbade wars of conquest, upheld freedom of the seas, maintained a generally open global economy, and allowed populations to exercise democratic rights, even if autocracies remained.

— Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026

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His campaign told Fox News Digital that the conviction stemmed from displaying a sticker of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, whose Kach party was outlawed in 1994, and reflected his support for a Jewish nationalist movement.

— Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Using the history of gay male desire in different time periods — dangerous, clandestine, outlawed and at long last fitfully accepted — the film examines legacy and what gets handed down across time.

— Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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