intervention
/ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən/
noun
- The act of becoming involved in a situation to change or improve it, especially to prevent something bad.
- The teacher's quick intervention stopped the fight from getting worse.
- The government's intervention helped stabilize the economy.
- Without medical intervention, the patient might not have survived.
- A planned meeting where family and friends confront a person about a harmful behavior, such as addiction, to encourage them to seek help.
- They hired a counselor to help with the intervention.
- Her family organized an intervention to talk to her about her drinking.
- The intervention was successful, and he agreed to go to rehab.
- Military or political action taken by one country in the affairs of another.
- Many people debated the need for military intervention in the region.
- The international intervention aimed to stop the civil war.
- The UN approved a humanitarian intervention to deliver food and medicine.
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