interdict, intercept, anywhere near

 Here's some photos of the new publication White Fungus has produced for the exhibition "Light Interdiction" at PSAS in Perth Australia, curated by Wang Chun-Chi. The exhibition runs until August 8. http://www.psas.com.au/p…/now_and_future/light_interdiction/

    

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The Japanese Coast Guard has intercepted a Chinese fishing boat near Japan's southern island of Okinawa and detained its captain on suspicion of unauthorized fishing in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone. The Coast Guard said the Chinese boat was ...

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By DAVID E. SANGERThe Obama administration signaled that it was seeking a way to interdict North Korean shipments suspected of carrying weapons or nuclear technology.


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Stopping large-scale traffickers who can source raw materials anywhere around the globe will make interdiction much more difficult for law enforcement.


 Nevertheless, U.S. commanders believe the new checkpoints will boost their interdiction efforts by forcing militants to avoid using the major highways where the checkpoints are situated and instead travel on small dirt roads or across the open desert, where the smugglers' vehicles stand a better chance of being spotted by American satellites, drones and surveillance airplanes.

Phrases

anywhere near

at all near (used for emphasis):I wouldn’t dream of letting a surgeon anywhere near my eyes

remotely close to in extent, level, or scope:imitations rarely look anywhere near as good as the real thing

intercept
━━ vt. （手紙などを）途中で取る［奪う］; （無電を）傍受する; 妨害［阻止］する; （光・水の通路を）さえぎる; 【スポーツ】（パスを）阻止する; 【軍】迎撃する; 【数】2点［線］間にはさみ取る

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in・ter・cep・tion


━━ n.

in・ter・cep・tor 　━━ n. 妨害者［物］; 横取りする人; 傍受者; 【空軍】迎撃機

(ĭn'tər-sĕpt')
tr.v., -cept·ed, -cept·ing, -cepts.

1. To stop, deflect, or interrupt the progress or intended course of: intercepted me with a message as I was leaving.
2. Sports.
   1. To gain possession of (an opponent's pass), as in football or basketball.
   2. To gain possession of a pass made by (an opponent), especially in football.
3. Mathematics. To include or bound (a part of a space or curve) between two points or lines.
4. Archaic. To prevent.
5. Obsolete. To cut off from access or communication.

n. (ĭn'tər-sĕpt')

1. Mathematics. The coordinate of a point at which a line, curve, or surface intersects a coordinate axis.
2. 1. The interception of a missile by another missile or an aircraft by another aircraft.
   2. Interception of a radio transmission.
3. An interceptor.

[Middle English intercepten, from Latin intercipere, intercept- : inter-, inter- + capere, to seize.]

interceptive in'ter·cep'tive adj.

interdict

[名] 〔íntrdìkt〕1 《大陸法》（裁判所・行政官による）命令, 禁止［差し止め］命令. ▼banの官庁用語.2 《カトリック》聖務禁止令.3 《ローマ法》（占有権争いなどで, ローマ...

interdiction

[名][U][C]((形式))1 禁止, 禁制, 停止；禁止［停止］（された）状態.2 禁止令(interdict).3 敵地［敵路, 輸送路, 通信線］連続爆撃［砲撃］.ìn・ter・díc・...

interdictory

[形]禁止［停止］の.

interdict
━━ vt. 禁止［制止］する ((from doing, to)); （大攻勢で敵の補給路などを）断つ; 【カトリック】（儀式の執行・関与を）禁止する.
━━ n. 禁止（命令）; 【カトリック】聖務禁止; 【軍】阻止.
in・ter・dic・tion　━━ n. 禁止, 停止; 禁治産宣告; 通商禁止; （空爆などによる）輸送妨害.