All 3 Uses of
intervene
in
Dune
- A kind of Heisenberg indeterminacy intervened: the expenditure of energy that revealed what he saw, changed what he saw.†
Book 2 *
- A wailing cry sounded from the outer corridors, its volume muffled by the intervening hangings.†
Book 2
- This was a fight he had dreamed about — man against man, skill against skill with no shields intervening.†
Book 3
Definition:
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(intervene as in: intervened in the war) the process of getting involved to influence an outcomeThe exact meaning of intervention can depend upon its context. For example:
- "intervention program for at-risk youth" -- a process of trying to influence the direction of someone's life
- "medical intervention" -- action taken to improve a medical outcome
- "military intervention" -- interference by a government in affairs of another government (in this case to interfere militarily)
- "had a family intervention" -- an organized meeting of family members to encourage someone (who is often surprised) to recognize and work at solving a problem such as substance abuse