Hyphenation of intervene

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word intervene? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

in-ter-vene

Definitions of intervene:

1.	Get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?
2.	Be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events This interludes intervenes between the two movements Eight days intervened
3.	Occur between other event or between certain points of time The war intervened between the birth of her two children

Synonyms of intervene:

verb	step in, interfere, interpose, interact
verb	lie
verb	happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

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