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intervened

 
Verb intervene has 3 senses
  1. intervene, step in, interfere, interpose - get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"
    --1 is one way to interact
    Derived forms: noun intervenor1, noun intervention1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. intervene - be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"
    --2 is one way to
    lie
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  3. intervene - occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"
    --3 is one way to
    happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
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