Definition of Intervention

the process of becoming purposefully entangled in another’s affairs

Examples of Intervention in a sentence

Our nation’s intervention in another country’s war could pull us into the crisis.  🔊

Because Jim denies his drug addiction, we are having an intervention to help him realize the severity of his problem.  🔊

The police’s officer’s intervention stopped Richard from beating his wife.  🔊

In mythological tales, the divine intervention of the gods is what usually changes a person’s fate.  🔊

Thanks to early intervention therapy the cancer has not spread throughout my body.  🔊

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