armed intervention

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In nearly every case of kidnap in history, those abducted stand a far better chance of emerging alive and unscathed through mediation and a deal, rather than by armed intervention.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2023

In which European satellite country did the Soviet Union stage an armed intervention in the 1950s?

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Last month, the Haitian government made an extraordinary appeal for armed intervention from abroad to help stabilize the nation.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2022

It will be only Putin's second foreign trip since the start of Moscow's armed intervention in Ukraine on Feb. 24, following a trip to Central Asia at the end of June.

From Reuters • Jul. 12, 2022

Peter learned also that his son had begged the Emperor of Austria for armed intervention, that he had negotiated with Sweden and that he had encouraged a mutiny of the army in Germany.

From The Story of Russia by Bergen, R. Van