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   intervention

   /ˌɪntəˈvɛnʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of intervening: "a high degree of state intervention in the economy"
   • ▪ interference by a state in another's affairs: "the government was reported to be considering military intervention"
   • ▪ action taken to improve a medical disorder: "two patients were referred for surgical intervention"
   • ▪ an occasion on which a person with an addiction or other behavioural problem is confronted by a group of friends or family members in an attempt to persuade them to address the issue: "as her health worsened, her daughters considered staging an intervention"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin interventio(n-), from the verb intervenire (see intervene).

   Derivatives

   • 1. interventional adjective

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