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All intervene synonyms

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verb intervene

  • mediate — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
  • intercede — to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition: to intercede with the governor for a condemned man.
  • negotiate — to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
  • arbitrate — When someone in authority arbitrates between two people or groups who are in dispute, they consider all the facts and make an official decision about who is right.
  • involve — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
  • interfere — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
  • meddle — to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
  • intrude — to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
  • settle — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
  • reconcile — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
  • separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
  • interpose — to place between; cause to intervene: to interpose an opaque body between a light and the eye.
  • obtrude — to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation: to obtrude one's opinions upon others.
  • intermediate — being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure.
  • interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
  • part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
  • sever — to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
  • divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
  • bedevil — If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time.
  • supervene — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
  • befall — If something bad or unlucky befalls you, it happens to you.
  • succeed — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
  • occur — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
  • barge in — If you barge in or barge in on someone, you rudely interrupt what they are doing or saying.
  • butt in — If you say that someone is butting in, you are criticizing the fact that they are joining in a conversation or activity without being asked to.
  • come between — If someone or something comes between two people, or comes between a person and a thing, they make the relationship or connection between them less close or happy.
  • horn in — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
  • step in — (of garments, shoes, etc.) put on by being stepped into.
  • muscle in — a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
  • come to pass — to take place
  • take place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
  • get involved — play a part
  • happen — to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
  • ensue — Happen or occur afterward or as a result.
  • arise — If a situation or problem arises, it begins to exist or people start to become aware of it.
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