intervention
Action to help
An intervention is an act of stepping in to change the course of events, typically to prevent harm or improve a situation.
Medical interventions range from surgery to medication; political interventions may involve diplomacy or military action.
The word has a specific informal meaning for a planned confrontation where friends and family urge someone to address destructive behavior, especially addiction: Her family staged an intervention after she lost her job.
To intervene is the corresponding verb.
Serious sudden danger
- rescueSave from harm
- hotlineDirect emergency phone connection
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- de-escalationReducing conflict intensity
stabilization · acute · triage · outreach · shelter · lifeline
Care for an ailment
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- detoxSubstance removal process
- rehabAddiction treatment program
inpatient · outpatient · recovery · counseling · abstinence · sobriety · withdrawal · relapse
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- treatyBinding pact between nations
summit · envoy · ambassador · peacekeeping · dialogue · multilateral · bilateral · resolution
Forcible entry into territory
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- peacekeepingPreventing or ending conflict
- airstrikeAircraft-delivered military attack
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
coalition · embargo · sanctions · NATO · ceasefire · armistice · deployment · incursion
Improve by correcting faults
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- programPlanned sequence of actions
initiative · subsidy · incentive · stimulus · welfare · prevention · government · systemic
Support given freely
- reliefEasing of distress
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- NGOIndependent charitable organization
- UNICEFGlobal youth relief organization
shelter · evacuation · donation · volunteer · airdrops · displaced · rebuilding · resettlement
Act of correcting faults
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
- IEPPersonalized learning accommodation document
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
emergency
Serious sudden danger
- rescueSave from harm
- hotlineDirect emergency phone connection
- preventionStopping something before occurring
de-escalation · stabilization · acute · triage · outreach · shelter · lifeline
treatment
Care for an ailment
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- detoxSubstance removal process
rehab · inpatient · outpatient · recovery · counseling · abstinence · sobriety · withdrawal · relapse · sponsor
negotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
treaty · summit · envoy · ambassador · peacekeeping · dialogue · multilateral · bilateral · resolution · conciliation
invasion
Forcible entry into territory
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- peacekeepingPreventing or ending conflict
- airstrikeAircraft-delivered military attack
troops · coalition · embargo · sanctions · NATO · ceasefire · armistice · deployment · incursion · liberation
reform
Improve by correcting faults
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
program · initiative · subsidy · incentive · stimulus · welfare · prevention · government · systemic · structural
aid
Support given freely
UNICEF · shelter · evacuation · donation · volunteer · airdrops · displaced · rebuilding · resettlement
remediation
Act of correcting faults
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
- IEPPersonalized learning accommodation document
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
assessment · enrichment · differentiation · RTI · scaffolding
- actionsrun, walk, jump, move, push
- personal guidancetherapy, coaching, mentoring, counseling, life coach
- action triggerstrigger, catalyst, activation, unlock, initiative
- clinical trialsclinical trial, placebo, double-blind, control group, double blind
- Braveryrescue, self-sacrifice, defending the weak, facing danger, battlefield valor
- conversationschat, talk, discussion, discuss, chatter
interventioninaction
Deliberate nonmovement
nonintervention · passivity · noninterference · neglect · abstention
interventionautonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
noninterference · self-determination · independence · laissez-faire · sovereignty
- divine interventionGodly action in affairs
- family interventionGroup effort to help someone
- diplomatic interventionFormal governmental conflict resolution
- military interventionUse of troops abroad
- medical interventionClinical action treating illness
- foreign interventionExternal power's domestic involvement
interventions, interventionist, nonintervention, interventionists, interventionism, interventional, noninterventionist, crisis intervention