迎げい撃げき

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迎撃する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Military and sports term for intercepting an incoming attack, missile, aircraft, or pass. Often used in the pattern 迎撃する.

〈物もの〉を迎げい撃げきするto intercept something (a missile, aircraft, etc.)
自じ衛えい隊たいが北きた朝ちょう鮮せんのミサイルを迎げい撃げきした。
The Self-Defense Forces intercepted North Korea's missile.
迎げい撃げきに成せい功こうするto successfully intercept (a target)
迎げい撃げきミサイルは目もく標ひょうの迎げい撃げきに成せい功こうした。
The interceptor missile successfully intercepted its target.
〈場ば所しょ〉で迎げい撃げきするto intercept (an attacker) at a certain location
敵てき機きを国こっ境きょう付ふ近きんで迎げい撃げきした。
They intercepted the enemy aircraft near the border.

阻そ止しN1
阻止 means to block or prevent something from happening in general, while 迎撃 specifically means to actively engage and destroy an incoming attacker like a missile or aircraft.
撃げき退たい
撃退 means to repel or drive back an attacker after contact, whereas 迎撃 focuses on intercepting the attack before or as it arrives.
迎むかえ撃うつ
迎撃 is the noun for 'interception', often paired with する, while 迎え撃つ is the single verb expressing the same act of going out to meet and attack.

攻こう撃げきN3
攻撃 is an offensive attack initiated by one side, while 迎撃 is the defensive act of intercepting an incoming attack.
追つい撃げき
迎撃 means to intercept and attack an enemy that is approaching, while 追撃 means to attack an enemy that is fleeing away.

迎むかえるN5
迎える shares the kanji 迎 and means to welcome or receive someone, while 迎撃 uses the same kanji to mean intercepting and attacking an incoming threat.
出しゅつ撃げき
迎撃 means to intercept an incoming attack, whereas 出撃 means to go out and launch an attack, so the direction of action is opposite.
迎げい合ごう
迎撃 (to intercept, as an attack) shares the kanji 迎 and a similar sound with 迎合, but has an entirely different, military meaning.

Compound of 迎 (meet, greet) and 撃 (attack, strike). The combination yields the meaning of meeting an attack with a counter-strike.