verb
ADVERB
▪ actively , directly
▪ personally
▪
The President ~d personally in the crisis.
▪ decisively
▪
Government often ~s decisively in major professional issues in medicine.
▪ effectively , successfully
▪ forcefully , militarily
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Intervening militarily will not bring peace.
▪ tactfully
VERB + INTERVENE
▪ be forced to , have to
▪
Eventually, the army was forced to ~.
▪ be powerless to ( esp. BrE )
▪
Local people feel strongly about the proposed development but are virtually powerless to ~.
▪ be able to , have the ability to , have the power to , have the right to
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Our government has no right to ~.
▪ be prepared to , be ready to
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Nurses should be ready to ~ on behalf of their patients.
▪ be reluctant to
▪ refuse to
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The UN refused to ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ against
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They would not ~ against the rebels themselves.
▪ between
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She went over to ~ between the two men.
▪ in
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She was reluctant to ~ in what was essentially a private dispute.
▪ on behalf of
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The ambassador ~d personally on behalf of the children.
▪ with
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attempts to ~ with the authorities on the prisoners' behalf
Intervene is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ fate , ↑ minister , ↑ president