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1. A policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
   - intervention
    
2. The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
   - hindrance, hinderance
    
3. Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
   - noise, disturbance
    
4. (American football) blocking a player's path with your body
   "he ran interference for the quarterback"
    
5. Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
   - hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance

Derived forms: interferences

See also: interfere

Type of: act, block, blocking, deed, foreign policy, human action, human activity, impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor, trouble

Antonym: noninterference

Encyclopedia: Interference