Foiled

The coup attempt was foiled at the last moment.

I was foiled in my attempt.

A little old woman foiled the robbery by whacking the thief on the head with her cane.

Investigators foiled a plot to hijack an airplane.

The attack was foiled.

Now that summer's approaching, families head to the ocean, taking their children with them. With the aim, often foiled, of drowning the ugliest.

I foiled the team.