Forestall

/fɔː(ɹ)ˈstɔːl/

Synonyms for "forestall" (129 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Verb(8 words)

anticipate counter prevent address anticipated avert averted avoid

anticipate arrest avert bamboozle bar beguile betray bluff cajolecalculate oncheat oncircumvent conjure cornercount ondebar deceive deflect

Strong matches (39)

delay delude deter diddle discourage disheartendouble crossdouble-cross dupe engross estop exclude fendfend offforbid foreclose foreglimpse forerun foresee foretaste

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frustrate gammonget ahead ofget aroundgo beforego off half cockedgo off half-cockedgull head help hinder hoax hocus-pocus

Verb(5 words)

foil forbid foreclose forefend foresee

Noun(1 words)

guarding

Related words (64)

hog hornswaggle humbug intercept jugglejump the gunkeep fromkeep offlet downlook forlook forward tolook out forlook tomock monopolize obstruct obviate outmaneuver outreach outsmart

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outwit overreach parry pigeonplay one falsepreclude prevent prohibitpull a fast oneput something overreckon onrepelrule outsave snowstave offstopstring alongtake intake it allthwarttie uptrickturn asidetwo timetwo-time wardward offwatchwatch out forwin the start

Verb(11 words)

obviated obviates obviating preclude precluding preempt preempted preempting preempts prevented procrastinate

Noun(2 words)

preventing stave

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More general

6 entries

act address move prevent respond stop

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4 entries

counterargument preclusion preemption refutation

Collocations

6 entries

attacks crisis delays escalation objections protests

Inflections

3 entries

forestalled forestalling forestalls

Derivations

1 entries

forestallment

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Our aim is to forestall all those risks.

Source: tatoeba (5225025)

This campaign cannot forestall new Zika virus outbreaks.

Source: tatoeba (5225030)

"'Once had your hands,' said Calchas, 'dared profane / Minerva's gift, dire plagues' (which Heaven forestall / or turn on him) 'should Priam's realm sustain; / but if by Trojan aid it scaled your wall, / proud Asia then should Pelops' sons enthrall, / and children rue the folly of the sire.'"

Source: tatoeba (6814562)

Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.

Source: wiktionary

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