- intervention
- nounADJECTIVE▪ active, direct▪
direct intervention to stop abuses of the environment
▪ decisive▪ early, immediate, timely▪A full-scale riot was prevented by the timely intervention of the police.
▪ effective, successful▪ limited▪ personal▪the Emperor's personal intervention
▪ federal, government, governmental, state▪He has made repeated calls for government intervention to save the steel industry.
▪ external, foreign, outside▪ armed, military▪We would resist any armed intervention from outside in our country's affairs.
▪ humanitarian▪This is not a humanitarian intervention, it is a brutal invasion.
▪ police▪ judicial, legal▪ clinical, medical, surgical▪ behavioural/behavioral, psychological▪ educational▪ economic, political, social▪ divine, supernatural▪The victory was seen as the direct result of divine intervention.
▪ human, manual▪The automatic process can be completed with very little manual intervention.
VERB + INTERVENTION▪ make▪to make a forceful intervention in a dispute
▪ call for, demand, favour/favor▪The public demanded active intervention.
▪ oppose, resist▪We will always resist foreign intervention in our country.
▪ justify, require, warrant▪The threat does not justify government intervention.
PREPOSITION▪ intervention against▪armed intervention against the rebels
▪ intervention by▪intervention by a senior judge
▪ intervention from▪He was furious at this intervention from the press.
▪ intervention in▪the government's intervention in the dispute
▪ intervention on behalf of▪state intervention on behalf of the industry
PHRASES▪ powers of intervention, the right of intervention (both esp. BrE)▪It was necessary to exercise her ministerial powers of intervention in order to protect the public.
▪He claimed that the state has a special right of intervention in company affairs.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
