Synonym: interfere, interpose, step in. Similar words: intervention, interval, interview, at intervals, at regular intervals, wintery, painter, interim. Meaning: [‚ɪntə(r)'vɪːn] 
v. 1. get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force 2. be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events 3. occur between other event or between certain points of time.
v. 1. get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force 2. be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events 3. occur between other event or between certain points of time. 
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(61) Occasionally, much to their glee, Mr Major allowed them to intervene.
(62) The western democracies might have condemned his regime, but they were clearly not going to intervene to overthrow it.
(63) Now they have asked the Government of the newly independent former Soviet state to intervene.
(64) It would be more profitable to concentrate on deciding what factors should lead the courts to intervene in any particular case.
(65) He agreed that the courts could intervene if the question was whether or not the Commission had acted within its powers or its jurisdiction.
(66) Meanwhile Western countries remained divided over whether to intervene militarily in the conflict.
(67) The nearby crowd surged forward and police had to intervene.
(68) He said security forces were out in strength but did not intervene.
(69) An elderly colonel with a steel gray crew cut stood to one side(sentencedict.com), ready to intervene if the questioning got difficult.
(70) Attacked A neighbour heard his screams but was driven back into her house when she tried to intervene.
(71) But it was clear he would face mounting pressure to intervene from not only congressional leaders but travelers.
(72) Tashkent's deputy chief of police and the deputy city procurator allegedly watched the attack but did not intervene to stop it.
(73) They can not intervene unless the decision-maker steps outside the boundaries of what the legislature was believed to have allowed.
(74) Last week the Soviet embassy in East Berlin even signalled it would not intervene if unrest became uncontrollable.
(75) Hundreds of police were poised to intervene if things got out of hand, but they did not.
(76) This led the government to intervene with some rather pallid legal weapons.
(77) This eliminates the need for an operator at the machine itself to intervene continually in the production process.
(78) This might then allow the teacher to intervene to encourage effective strategies.
(79) He called on United States President Bush to intervene on their behalf.
(80) Conservatism has a dogma that the State should not intervene.
(81) Suspended Stoke striker Wayne Biggins clashed with Halsall after the final whistle and police were forced to intervene.
(82) They had no sanctioned power to intervene in the affairs of their members[http://sentencedict.com/intervene.html], but only to represent them to outsiders.
(83) The fundamental principle is that the courts will intervene to ensure that the powers of public decision-making bodies are exercised lawfully.
(84) If a body exercising the statutory powers went beyond the four corners of the act, then the court could intervene.
(85) Not until Monday did Fukui Prefecture formally request the military to intervene, according to the timetable prepared by Mikuni officials.
(86) A user interface reportedly allows a developer to intervene at any stage in the translation.
(87) Joan decides to intervene immediately to prevent injury to Robert.
(88) Yet this refusal to intervene virtually guarantees that core group behavior will continue to be encouraged by profit-minded entrepreneurs.
(89) There was moreover a great reluctance to intervene in the family itself.
(90) There is no doubt that many older people and their carers will look towards their doctors when illness and poor health intervene.
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