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Synonyms for intervene
ˌɪn tərˈvinin·ter·vene
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Princeton's WordNet
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, substituteinterveneverb
be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events
"This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"
interveneverb
occur between other event or between certain points of time
"the war intervened between the birth of her two children"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
interveneverb
Synonyms:
interfere, come betweeninterveneverb
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "intervene":
interfere, speak, intervening, intervention, respond, interference, intercede, meddle, act, interfering
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#552 | act | |
#2544 | speak | |
#3224 | respond | |
#5406 | intervention | |
#6032 | substitute | |
#8714 | interference | |
#12302 | interfere | |
#19670 | intervene | |
#23792 | inject | |
#24266 | interfering | |
#25937 | intervening | |
#69175 | meddle | |
#83616 | intercede | |
#110746 | interject | |
#134991 | interpose | |
#309046 | deputise |
How to use intervene in a sentence?
We have to have a third way, all the foreign policy discussion in the U.S. is centered around the two extremes. The neocons on one side that want to be militarily engaged very quickly and every often. Then you have the neo-isolationists on the other side (who want to) pull back and not intervene.
There are nine people with families that love them ... so we ask the president to use his powers to intervene and save their lives.
This opens a new window of opportunity for prediction and prevention of sudden cardiac arrest, and for many patients we may have more time to intervene than we realized.
So far the majority of the funds and attention of the international community (have) focused on Iraqi Kurdistan, having worked in Kirkuk now for years and having increased our activities in the last few months, we do see the possibility for other international organizations to intervene.
We're very interested particularly to see what happens in terms of the investigation of the police behavior, that was, for us, one of the most troubling aspects of this case. That the police did not intervene adequately and properly to save her when there was an opportunity to do so.
Translations for intervene
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- intervenirCatalan, Valencian
- zasáhnoutCzech
- eingreifen, intervenierenGerman
- intervenirSpanish
- sekaantua, tulla väliin, puuttuaFinnish
- intervenirFrench
- beavatkozik, beleavatkozik, közbelépHungarian
- intervenire, interferireItalian
- intercedereLatin
- agräifenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- tussenkomen, ingrijpen, interveniërenDutch
- interweniowaćPolish
- вмешиватьсяRussian
- intervenera, ingripaSwedish
- مداخلت کرناUrdu
- can thiệpVietnamese
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