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Common collocations with intervene in American Collocation

intervene verb intransitive

US /ˌɪntərˈvin/

directly

actively
directly
personally
positively

Will the Prime Minister personally intervene to defend our grammar schools?

quickly

early
immediately
promptly
quickly

It is important to intervene early before problems become serious.

effectively

decisively
effectively
successfully

We will intervene decisively and effectively where councils are failing local people.

in a particular way

militarily
physically

There is already a general reluctance amongst states to intervene militarily.

a process

affairs
case
debate
matter
proceedings
process
situation

US administrations keep finding new excuses for intervening in Latin American affairs.

a fight

conflict
dispute
fight
row
struggle
war

He intervened in a dispute which took place in a local shop.