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intervention

[in-ter-ven-shuhn] / ˌɪn tərˈvɛn ʃən /


NOUN
armed interference
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“The only thing worse than intervention is indifference.”

From Los Angeles Times

"In this case, a work order for pest control intervention was made on the same day the issue was reported to the association."

From BBC

The VRU delivers targeted interventions aimed at preventing young people being drawn into gangs and violence, including placing youth workers in police custody and hospitals and tackling school exclusions.

From BBC

"We admit them and end up over-treating them with interventions, scans and pills," argues Price, who is president of the Society for Acute Medicine.

From BBC

It also isn’t clear that the Donroe Doctrine precludes interventions outside the Western Hemisphere.

From The Wall Street Journal