Intervention may refer to: a military offensive Humanitarian intervention, an attempt to reduce suffering within a state through armed conflict Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War at 1918-1925 Intervention (counseling), an attempt to compel a subject to "get help" for an addiction or other problem Cognitive interventions, a set of techniques and therapies practiced in counseling Intervention (economics), when a central bank buys or sells foreign currencies in an attempt to adjust e… (More on Intervention)