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. 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.

2. James Highsmith:

   That is the peak of it all, everyone there is emotionally charged. And what we do is not so much that we intervene. What we are doing is observing. We recognize who is the most hothead and who is the one we can…single out as one of the calm heads. The ones we can talk to, to use as a bridge, so to speak, to get inside and try to talk to these youngsters to try to avert retaliation.

3. Virgil:

   In quarrels such as these not ours to intervene.

4. Naima Selmi:

   We won’t accept Tunisia becoming a barracks. We ask the president to intervene and protect freedoms.

5. Mark Huang:

   I think the regulators are closely watching the situation and prepared to take direct action to intervene.