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. Nora Volkow:

   One of the things is, we don't have any evidence-based medication that has proven to be efficacious for the treatment of cocaine addiction, so we currently have no medicine to intervene, and it can be a very severe addiction and actually quite dangerous.

2. Lisa Kurtz:

   We know there's not always an opportunity to intervene, but a lot of times those situations with tragic results( are) preceded by smaller interactions where someone could have stepped in but didn't. What we know is when smaller wrongdoing is left unchecked, it tends to not only continue but escalate.

3. Mario Draghi:

   We will continue to meet our responsibility -- we will do what we must to raise inflation and inflation expectations as fast as possible, If on its current trajectory our policy is not effective enough to achieve this ... we would step up the pressure and broaden even more the channels through which we intervene.

4. Ye Htut:

   The federal government needs to intervene to impose stricter restrictions.

5. Mervat Ashamallah:

   Where were you God? Why didn't You intervene to rescue him? why didn't they just shoot them? It would have been more merciful.