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Forestall synonyms

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avert
To keep from happening; ward off; prevent
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provide against
To anticipate
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hinder (related)
To hinder is defined as to restrain or hold something back.
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prevent (related)
To keep (a person or thing) from doing something; impede:
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be ready for
To anticipate
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anticipate (related)
The definition of anticipate is to think and/or talk ahead about what may happen, and either take action beforehand to handle the situation or be ready to respond when the time occurs.
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delay
To put off to a future time; postpone
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preclude
To exclude or prevent (someone) from a given condition or activity:
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ward
To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
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foreclose
To bring a suit to prevent a mortgagor from redeeming (a property) by paying any outstanding debt.
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forbid
To forbid is defined as to order that something not occur, or to prevent something from occurring.
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foresee
To foresee is defined as to anticipate something, predict something or realize something before it occurs.
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counter
At or against the front or face.
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pre-empt (related)
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stem-the-tide (related)
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distract-attention-from (related)
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stave off (related)
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quell (related)
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thwart
(Obs.) To extend or place over or across
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get ahead of
To anticipate
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deter
To prevent something from happening.
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monopolize
Monopolize is defined as to have or take complete control over something.
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preoccupy
To occupy the thoughts of to the virtual exclusion of other matters; engross; absorb
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forfend
(Dated) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
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obviate
To make unnecessary
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allow (related)
To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
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Forestall Sentence Examples

  • But to forestall the French with his whole army was impossible.

  • His wild extravagance, however, forced his father to forestall his creditors by securing his detention in semi-exile in the country, where he wrote his earliest extant work, the Essai sur le despotisme.

  • The French remedy for an unsuccessful colony has always been to annex more territory, and forestall a possible rival.

  • A rapid British attack would in any case forestall the concentration of these heterogeneous squadrons.

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