ADV
- actively, directly
- personally
- decisively
- effectively, successfully
- militarily
- Intervening militarily will not bring peace
VERB + INTERVENE
- be forced to, have to
- Eventually, the army was forced to intervene
- be reluctant to
- be powerless to
- Local people feel strongly about the proposed development but are virtually powerless to intervene
- have the power to, have the right to
- Our government has no right to intervene
- refuse to
- The UN refused to intervene
PREP
- against
- They would not intervene against the rebels themselves
- between
- She went over to intervene between the two men
- in
- She was reluctant to intervene in what was essentially a private dispute
- on behalf of
- The King intervened personally on behalf of the children
- with
- to intervene with the authorities on the prisoners' behalf
