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abfangen (v.t.)
to intercept, head off; catch, block, detain; trap, retain, resist; absorb, check; bring under control; prop up, support; (aviation) flare, raise the nose (of a landing aircraft); (hunting) dispatch, finish off
Vier Schwerverletzte auf der Autobahn: Die 25-jährige Fahrerin konnte das Auto nicht mehr abfangen und kam nach rechts von der Fahrbahn ab.
Four seriously injured on the autobahn: The 25-year-old [female] driver lost control of the car and went off the roadway to the right.
Das erhöht die Chance, dass im Ausland hergestellte Fälschungen vor einem Weiterverkauf in der Schweiz an der Grenze abgefangen werden.
That increases the chance that counterfeited goods produced abroad will be intercepted at the border before being resold on the Swiss market.
In Japan wurde Russell Brand am Flughafen abgefangen und wieder ausgewiesen.
In Japan Russell Brand was detained at the airport and then deported.
Related:
das Abfangen intercepting, interception; enticing away (customers)
das Abfangen von Daten interception of data
der Abfangjäger interceptor (mil. aircraft)
das Abfangmesser boar knife, final dispatch knife (for finishing off wild game)
den Sturz abfangen to break one's fall
Fehler abfangen to catch/intercept errors
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