- intervention, interference - a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
--1 is a kind of foreign policy
Antonyms: nonintervention, noninterference
Derived form: verb interfere2 - hindrance, interference - the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
--2 is a kind of act, human action, human activity
--2 has particulars:frustration, thwarting, foiling; antagonism; obstruction; complication; deterrence; prevention, bar Derived form: verb interfere1 - noise, interference, disturbance - electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
--3 is a kind of trouble
--3 has particulars:clutter; background, background signal; crosstalk, XT; fadeout; jitter; static, atmospherics, atmospheric static - blocking, block, interference - (American football) the act of obstructing someone's path with your body; "he threw a rolling block into the line backer"
--4 is a kind of obstruction
--4 has particulars: trap block - hindrance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference - any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
--5 is a kind of obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta
--5 has particulars: clog; speed bump