foreign intervention
collocation in Englishmeaningsofforeignandintervention
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foreign
adjective
uk/ˈfɒr.ən/us/ˈfɔːr.ən/
belonging or connected to a country that is not ...
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intervention
noun
uk/ˌɪn.təˈven.ʃən/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈven.ʃən/
the action of becoming intentionally involved in a difficult situation, in order to improve it or prevent it from ...
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(Definition offoreignandinterventionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Furthermore, he fearedforeignintervention.
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It "categorically rejected anyforeignintervention" (p. 25).
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They were offended by what they perceived asforeigninterventionin their affairs.
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He also highlights the entanglement of state sovereignty andforeigninterventionshowing how each sets limits to the other.
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He said, first, that everyforeigninterventionprolongs this war.
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There will be noforeigninterventionduring the elections.
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Was there anyforeigninterventionin any of these cases?
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It has to be emphasised that this wasforeigninterventionon a large scale.
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We are agreed thatforeigninterventionon either side is deplorable.
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For instanceforeigninterventionon one side or the other might have dangerous international complications.
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We hope that there will be noforeigninterventionfrom any source.
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The process offoreigninterventionunder way is very revealing of this.
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The second defence has been the prevention offoreigninterventionin that territory.
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However, this is a matter for its own people and does not warrantforeignintervention.
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Foreigninterventionvery seldom succeeds, at any rate in the affairs of great and large nations.
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That shows the danger of havingforeigninterventionin any country.
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Stage two isforeignintervention.
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In this pattern,foreigninterventionundermined ongoing processes of liberal transformation, allowing existing state and agrarian structures to carry over from the pre-liberal to the post-liberal period.
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He formally repelled, from the height of his dignity, as it were, anyforeigninterventionin their affairs.
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The only thing thatforeigninterventionhas done is to bring the rebels into contact with government officials.
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But forforeigninterventionon both sides or on either side, this war might have retained that sort of dimension.
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To talk as if the preponderance offoreigninterventionwas on one side is to attempt to weigh the imponderable.
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By mid-1990, the war had escalated, promptingforeignintervention.
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