noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ active , direct
▪
direct ~ to stop abuses of the environment
▪ decisive
▪ early , immediate , timely
▪
A full-scale riot was prevented by the timely ~ of the police.
▪ effective , successful
▪ limited
▪ personal
▪
the Emperor's personal ~
▪ federal , government , governmental , state
▪
He has made repeated calls for government ~ to save the steel industry.
▪ external , foreign , outside
▪ armed , military
▪
We would resist any armed ~ from outside in our country's affairs.
▪ humanitarian
▪
This is not a humanitarian ~, it is a brutal invasion.
▪ police
▪ judicial , legal
▪ clinical , medical , surgical
▪ behavioural/behavioral , psychological
▪ educational
▪ economic , political , social
▪ divine , supernatural
▪
The victory was seen as the direct result of divine ~.
▪ human , manual
▪
The automatic process can be completed with very little manual ~.
VERB + INTERVENTION
▪ make
▪
to make a forceful ~ in a dispute
▪ call for , demand , favour/favor
▪
The public demanded active ~.
▪ oppose , resist
▪
We will always resist foreign ~ in our country.
▪ justify , require , warrant
▪
The threat does not justify government ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against
▪
armed ~ against the rebels
▪ ~ by
▪
~ by a senior judge
▪ ~ from
▪
He was furious at this ~ from the press.
▪ ~ in
▪
the government's ~ in the dispute
▪ ~ on behalf of
▪
state ~ on behalf of the industry
PHRASES
▪ powers of ~ , the right of ~ (both esp. BrE )
▪
It was necessary to exercise her ministerial powers of ~ in order to protect the public.
▪
He claimed that the state has a special right of ~ in company affairs.