🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

intervención armada

Pronunciation / Transliteration: in.teɾ.βenˈsjon aɾˈma.ða

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Armed intervention/ˈɑːrmd ˌɪn.tərˈvɛn.ʃən/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La comunidad internacional descartó una intervención armada."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The use of military force by a nation or group of nations inside the borders of another country to influence its internal affairs or political outcome.

    "The regional coalition warned that any further atrocities would trigger an armed intervention."
  2. 2

    A hostile military intrusion or active combat deployment intended to halt an ongoing conflict or human rights violation.

    "Historians continue to debate whether the armed intervention effectively stabilized the region."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'armed' (from Old English 'earmod', past participle of the verb 'arm', meaning equipped with weapons) and 'intervention' (from Latin 'interventio', coming from 'intervenire', meaning to come between). The compound term emerged in modern political science and international law literature to describe the overt use of military force by a state or coalition within the sovereign territory of another state.

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