intervention
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7.2
- noun
- /ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən/
- Formal
:
intervención
- The lawyer filed a request for intervention in the case to protect her client's rights.
- a judicial intervention
- a court intervention
- right of intervention
Examples
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In some cases, referral for surgical intervention may be indicated.
Academic text (2015) -
Governmental measures on all levels varied: court injunctions, executive interventions, and congressional apathy.
Academic text (1992) -
What about the intervention order?
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So my brother's intervention had been necessary, but my father had not been at fault.
Fiction book (1990) -
Okay, let me connect you with Family Crisis Intervention.
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The specific form and degree of government intervention, however, have varied in each case.
Academic text (1994) -
Of all the great powers, Britain greeted the calls for a Spanish intervention with the most skepticism.
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What I will say is Biden tweeted publicly saying any NATO military intervention is World War Three.
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Instead, Britain and France's reckless intervention was likely to push Arab states closer to the Soviet Union.
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Section II.C identifies the harms of parental abduction, highlighting the need for state intervention when abusive parents abduct their children.
Academic text (2017)
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.7
Short urgent support for someone in severe emotional distress to help them cope and return to normal life
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intervention comes from inter- 'between' and venire 'to come', meaning 'to come between', and in law an intervention is when a person 'comes into' a court case to protect a right or interest.