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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(121) Most councillors expect to be lobbied by constituents and asked to intervene on their behalf.
(122) When a child encounters an unfamiliar word, there are several helpful ways to intervene.
(123) Borja ordered the armed forces to intervene after violent clashes, including gunfire, between the security forces and the demonstrators.
(124) If events progress to civil war, the UN may be forced to intervene.
(125) The last time a president invoked his authority to intervene in an airline labor situation was the mid-1960s.
(126) But an army spokesman denied that it had been asked to prepare to intervene.
(127) From time to time the main Party had to intervene to help out the youngsters or to curb their youthful enthusiasms.
(128) Mr. George Howarth I had not intended to intervene again, but the Minister has invited me to do so.
(129) One of them was later to intervene to save his life.
(130) No questioning of the validity or desirability of the task can be permitted to intervene in the process.
(131) The label rational basis would simply be reflective of a conclusion already reached that the court does not wish to intervene.
(132) Mr Poole said there were signs that the Army was being put on standby to intervene in the three-week-old dispute.
(133) The G7 members did no more than reassure the financial markets about their readiness to intervene to curb volatility.
(134) The force would not intervene in whatever fighting caused the humanitarian crisis.
(135) Nobody will believe that governments are likely to intervene when exchange rates move toward the edge of their bands.
(136) There is no reason today why Paris should intervene massively in our domestic affairs.
(137) If states failed to set or enforce standards, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare could intervene.
(138) Technical control arises from work processes which allow the manager to monitor and intervene in the labour process itself.
(139) The courts could intervene only if unfairness was such as to amount to an abuse of power.
(140) He points out that he has no powers to intervene in the laying of a pipeline on part of his farm.
(141) The resignation of the Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden, early in 1938 provided an opportunity for the popular forces to intervene.
(142) So far the high court has refused to intervene in the case.
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(143) His standing at the dispatch box stays high, but rarely did he intervene during months of Maastricht debate.
(144) Here's another example: the first speaker has just pulled a Christmas cracker, and two others intervene.
(145) I should be interested to see whether an Opposition Front-Bench spokesman will intervene on this point.
(146) Although the fiscal does not collect information or investigate the crime he is entitled to intervene and direct himself police investigations.
(147) This unity enabled the Alliance to intervene into the discourse of municipal politics in a skilful and decisive manner.
(148) If overpowering rebellion occurred, the state government could request federal aid, but the national government could not intervene at will.
(149) In some authorities officers intervene in discussions at will whereas in others more formal rules apply.
(150) They know they are drinking themselves to death and in such an instance the social worker has no legal powers to intervene.
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