forestalled
When something is forestalled, it's prevented from happening. Usually, this is because someone has prevented it from happening.
The police were forestalled by the protesters.
The construction was forestalled by the bad weather.
When something is forestalled, it's prevented from happening. Usually, this is because someone has prevented it from happening.
The police were forestalled by the protesters.
The construction was forestalled by the bad weather.
verb
To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
verb
To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
verb
To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
verb
To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
verb
To deprive (with of).
verb
To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
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This was forestalled by the collapse of the deal.
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Inequity needs to be forestalled beforehand.
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This solution will only forestall the issue.
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The forestall exploit is the most important activity in the area.
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The publics ignorance is the only way that impeachment is forestalled.
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That should forestall any concerns of length for the foreseeable future.
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It was just a way of trying to forestall trouble further down the line.
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That might also forestall criticism of a non global perspective in the article.
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That might forestall some people from posting here in the future.
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The move was taken to forestall any trouble he might cause.