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translations for
forestall
Definition of forestall
To
prevent
,
delay
or
hinder
something by taking
precautionary
or
anticipatory
measure
s; to
avert
To
preclude
or
bar
from happening, render impossible
To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a
monopoly
price
To
deprive
(with ''of''
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
An
ambush
;
plot
; an
interception
;
waylaying
;
rescue
Examples
Fred
forestalled
disaster by his prompt action.
In French, an aspired h
forestalls
elision.
Related words
afforestation
reforestation
forestay
deforestation
forestalling
forestage
forestation
forestal
antideforestation
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