Synonyms for intervene
ˌɪn tərˈvinin·ter·vene

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1. intervene, step in, interfere, interposeverb

   get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force

   "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"

   Synonyms:
   deputize, interject, inject, step in, deputise, throw in, come in, interfere, interpose, put in, substitute

2. interveneverb

   be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events

   "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"

   Synonyms:
   step in, interfere, interpose

3. interveneverb

   occur between other event or between certain points of time

   "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"

   Synonyms:
   step in, interfere, interpose

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1. interveneverb

   Synonyms:
   interfere, come between

2. interveneverb

   Synonyms:
   happen (in the mean time), occur, befall

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1. List of paraphrases for "intervene":

   interfere, speak, intervening, intervention, respond, interference, intercede, meddle, act, interfering

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1. Grant Strobl:

   I’ve taken online seminars and in Greek Life, I’ve taken additional online seminars. For me, these were effective in making sure that I’m aware of situations and can intervene if something doesn’t look right.

2. Al Sharpton:

   The reason that we could not deal with local law enforcement and prosecutors is because of the intrinsic relationship between the local police who were involved in those situations and the prosecutors in those counties, someone that is sensitive to that understands why the federal government and Justice Department needs to intervene. ... So there's a sensitivity practice and an experienced practice that people of color could bring in that was totally absent in the last four years.

3. Brune Poirson:

   Because you're not doing that, we have to intervene, i think it's a waste of time, a waste of resources and it's not being a real responsible organization.

4. Bernard Cazeneuve:

   In a context like that, where there are suicide belts and the place may be rigged with explosives, and we don't know how many terrorists are present or where they are, you can't intervene until you have the site under control.

5. Patrick Kennedy:

   President Kennedy signed the original Community Mental Health Act of ’63. Attorney General Robert Kennedy created the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in order to intervene early in young people’s lives, and my father was primary Senate sponsor of parity, these issues, and the incredible legacy that they all had on civil rights – from JFK being the first president to address the issue on national TV to RFK standing with Dr. King to my father’s seminal work on the Voting Rights Act – and immigration reform, are at the heart of my family’s legacy.