INTERVENE





Definition:

  1. [verb] 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: step in, interfere, interpose

  2. [verb] be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"

  3. [verb] occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"

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