INTERVENED Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

intervened

verb

past tense of intervene

as in interfered

to act as a go-between for opposing sides intervened in the argument before any real harm was done

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Recent Examples of intervened Uthmeier ultimately intervened, arguing that such contracts treat children as property. — Kimberly Bird, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026 The 16-year-old shooter was shot and killed by a man who entered the school after the attack began and intervened, Krantz said. — Idaho Statesman, 17 Oct. 2026 That report estimated that the Houthis had recruited up to 350,000 fighters by 2024, up from just 30,000 in 2015, when Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen's civil war against the Houthis and imposed a naval blockade. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Eventually, the priest and a few parishioners intervened, and Betancourt left. — Daniel Castro, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026 Levine said the attack ended when her Palestinian colleagues intervened, after which medics rushed her in an ambulance to a clinic in Abu Falah and then to hospital in Ramallah. — Reuters, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026 In a statement read to reporters Friday, Kenda Freeman said her son, Kaylub Giamanco, intervened in Thursday’s attack at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend and shot the teenage shooter. — Haven Daley, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Rather than concentrating solely on those responsible, Terzić widens the circle to the classmates who were silent bystanders who never intervened. — Essie Assibu, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 Earlier Friday, Kenda Freeman said in a statement that her son, Giamanco, intervened in the attack and shot the gunman who killed three students and a teacher, The Associated Press reported. — Brie Stimson , Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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He was supposed to be one-on-one with Reigns before Jimmy Uso interfered and cost him the title.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
The robot had to remove the lid, pick up the banana and place it on the plate, while adjusting its actions if a person interfered or an attempt failed.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

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