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Intervenes

To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.

📖 Definitions of "Intervenes"

verb
  1. 1

    To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.

    "The police had to be called to intervene in the fight."

  2. 2

    To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events.

    "An instant intervened between the flash and the report."

  3. 3

    To occur or act as an obstacle or delay.

    "Nothing intervened to prevent the undertaking."

  4. 4

    To say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people.

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