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What is another word for
forestalling
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Noun
The act of preventing or deterring something
The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something
Verb
Present participle for to prevent or keep from happening
Beating someone to it
Adjective
Used or intended to avert or thwart danger or disaster
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▲
Noun
▲
The act of preventing or deterring something
obviation
deterrence
thwarting
prevention
preclusion
avoidance
determent
obstruction
blockage
hindrance
impediment
interception
stoppage
halt
interruption
prohibition
forestallment
deterence
anticipation
averting
safeguard
elimination
prophylaxis
precluding
deterrent
curb
obstacle
check
restriction
constraint
barrier
limitation
damper
inhibition
restraint
preemption
Noun
▲
The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something
frustration
blocking
foiling
spoiling
thwarting
obstruction
circumvention
countering
defeat
failure
stopping
balking
US
baulking
UK
checking
crushing
dashing
derailment
disappointment
quashing
scotching
baffling
collapse
crippling
curbing
foundering
hampering
hindering
impediment
setback
snookering
stifling
blow
contravention
hindrance
nonfulfillment
nonfulfilment
prevention
scuppering
unfulfillment
disturbance
nonsuccess
non-success
lack of success
ill-success
adverse fate
hitch
disintegration
disruption
downfall
ruin
ruination
crumpling
crumbling
cropper
cessation
breakdown
falling through
falling apart
fizzling out
conking out
falling to pieces
crash
shutdown
wreck
falling down
malfunction
interruption
mishap
crackup
stoppage
halt
break
seizing up
fizzle
buckling
debacle
falling
depression
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prevent or keep from happening
preventing
foiling
thwarting
stopping
blocking
hindering
checking
impeding
averting
frustrating
precluding
obviating
obstructing
circumventing
deterring
baulking
UK
balking
US
intercepting
helping
anticipating
preempting
parrying
delaying
staving off
heading off
warding off
fending off
nipping in the bud
pre-empting
getting in before
second-guessing
providing against
getting ahead of
beating someone to the draw
beating someone to the punch
beating someone to it
stealing a march on
curbing
hampering
inhibiting
restraining
stymieing
halting
barring
derailing
putting a stop to
countering
defeating
arresting
opposing
cramping
restricting
holding back
prohibiting
scuppering
trammelling
trammeling
retarding
scotching
baffling
avoiding
crimping
spoiling
standing in the way of
dashing
ruining
hamstringing
counteracting
stalling
shutting out
interfering with
holding up
putting the kibosh on
deflecting
ruling out
forfending
interrupting
fettering
beating
putting paid to
stonewalling
snookering
debarring
outwitting
checkmating
doing for
putting the stopper on
nullifying
hobbling
discomfiting
encumbering
limiting
upsetting
repressing
disappointing
slowing down
interdicting
crabbing
defending against
fouling up
putting the mockers on
holding off
putting an end to
handicapping
lousing up
upsetting the applecart
nobbling
crossing
disrupting
excluding
taking wind out of
smashing
forbidding
diverting
evading
circumnavigating
skirting
sidestepping
shackling
stumping
crippling
overturning
bilking
bridling
snafuing
embarrassing
neutralizing
US
eliminating
constraining
taking down
steering clear of
borking
sabotaging
neutralising
UK
cumbering
interfering
resisting
hanging up
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
hog-tying
short-circuiting
keeping at bay
tying up
getting in the way of
turning aside
getting in the way
stifling
slowing
negating
bypassing
staying
saving
rooting
handcuffing
disallowing
manacling
banning
proscribing
suppressing
clogging
repelling
keeping lid on
excepting
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
repulsing
suspending
contravening
obscuring
putting a brake on
giving the slip
cramping one's style
screwing up
playing off
cooking someone's goose
making impossible
throwing a spanner in the works
making it impossible for
picking off
cutting off
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
setting back
getting out of
escaping
finishing off
finishing
quashing
crashing
unsettling
juking
ditching
wrecking
fending
staving
sparing
reprieving
freeing
disconcerting
shelving
bringing to a close
making an end of
shunting
absolving
offsetting
annulling
bucking
exempting
dispensing
keeping off
curtailing
bottlenecking
putting off
commandeering
burdening
muzzling
discharging
withstanding
throwing a curve
petering out
standing off
forefending
choking
scuttling
invalidating
strangulating
throwing monkey wrench in
squashing
confounding
shutting off
taking out of play
putting the brakes on
shoving aside
keeping
preventing the occurrence of
factoring out
undoing
rattling
boxing in
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
damping
preparing for
counterplotting
rebuffing
blanking
burying
letting
heading off at pass
dampening
chilling
chillin
cooling
acting against
bringing an end to
working against
confining
tying
confusing
straitening
getting the better of
disqualifying
catching
beating down
messing up
taking wind out of sails
putting end to
causing setback
capturing
enmeshing
ensnaring
netting
snagging
removing
tethering
traversing
estopping
foreclosing
turning off
stultifying
shipwrecking
discontinuing
quitting
warding
ceasing
discounting
discarding
dismissing
shielding yourself from
rebuking
shunning
fencing
eluding
shirking
holding at bay
making impracticable
making it impracticable for
hemming in
vetoing
recanting
rejecting
abolishing
revoking
outlawing
taking the wind out of your sails
embargoing
bating
taking away
doing away with
getting rid of
getting round
making unnecessary
tabooing
not considering
closing out
closing one's doors to
forgetting about
freezing out
counting out
leaving out
criminalizing
US
sandbagging
freezing
throttling
screening
censoring
complicating
criminalising
UK
making illegal
giving the red light to
giving the thumbs down to
shutting down
declaring illegal
saying no
declaring taboo
putting the chill on
weighing down
monkeying with
crushing
overcoming
banjaxing
licking
putting the lid on
giving the run around
dashing one's hope
detaining
closing off
keeping back
blockading
barricading
controlling
withholding
guarding
stemming
closing
blocking off
plugging
holding
slowing up
damming
bogging down
smothering
impairing
choking off
braking
decelerating
postponing
breaking
entangling
intermitting
walling off
cutting short
stopping up
subverting
giving a hard time
inconveniencing
terminating
containing
ending
constricting
defending
undermining
reducing
remitting
binding
moderating
regulating
procrastinating
retardating
sealing
caulking
jamming
staunching
loading
stoppering
charging
deferring
overloading
reining in
lading
holding down
closing up
clogging up
blocking up
filibustering
making late
breaking up
putting back
destroying
saddling
dissuading from
circumscribing
enjoining
walling
demolishing
leashing
shaking
incommoding
disadvantaging
devastating
weighting
delimiting
discommoding
marring
slackening
fazing
entrammelling
entrammeling
pausing
shattering
lessening
eradicating
dropping
discouraging
lumbering
miring
harming
chaining
pigeonholing
proroguing
overwhelming
overburdening
obliterating
freighting
annihilating
oppressing
quieting
stuffing
squelching
holding in
protracting
decimating
botching
straining
corking
prolonging
packing
keeping waiting
blocking out
stemming the flow of
bottling up
bunging
denying access
choking up
filling
plugging up
dragging your feet
gagging
playing for time
mucking up
saddling with
tying down
hanging fire
occluding
backing off
breaking off
throwing cold water on
bunging up
bringing to a standstill
bringing to screeching halt
putting on hold
shutting in
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
desisting from
leaving off
putting on back burner
holding over
cutting out
laying off
packing up
knocking off
holding off on
packing in
bringing to an end
giving over
refusing
sidetracking
straitjacketing
weakening
hanging on
resisting attack
holding the fort
suffocating
subduing
capping
worrying
bothering
putting straitjacket on
damaging
sidelining
causing to wait
causing to stay
debilitating
disturbing
affecting
making difficult
attacking
setting limits on
imposing limits on
influencing
tampering
tying someone's hands
preventing from making progress
boycotting
blacklisting
reining
dispatching
conflicting
troubling
puzzling
putting at a disadvantage
keeping from happening
putting a crimp in
filling up
indisposing
placing at a disadvantage
incapacitating
ravaging
getting bogged down
swallowing
muffling
mystifying
putting the damper on
giving disadvantage
taking out
putting out of commission
ostracizing
US
withdrawing
jamming up
stanching
fighting back
governing
nonplussing
intervening
renouncing
standing in the way
disabling
threatening
disempowering
flummoxing
tiing one's hands
choking back
taming
wasting time
quelling
narrowing down
keeping within the limits of
extinguishing
bollixing
killing
cornering
dead-ending
bringing to end
bringing to a halt
keeping in check
congesting
bottling
tempering
stunting
holding the line
aborting
buying time
pulling in
slackening pace
keeping under control
keeping a lid on
biting back
ostracising
UK
destabilizing
US
breaking down
cutting in
intruding on
demoralizing
US
attenuating
forbidding to
bogging
employing delaying tactics
diminishing
decreasing
lagging
abating
heaping
cramming
brimming
emasculating
sapping
embogging
reefing
loitering
qualifying
softening
destabilising
UK
challenging
demoralising
UK
jam-packing
topping
backfilling
ramming
keeping in
throwing a monkey wrench into
dragging through the mud
putting on brakes
damming up
topping off
ramming in
filling in
queering the pitch of
clipping one's wings
cutting down
cutting back
letting down flaps
winding down
losing steam
anchoring it
losing speed
putting the brakes on
hitting the brakes
poking full of holes
fortifying
letting up
kicking the can down the road
bolting
securing
locking
fastening
protecting
strengthening
latching
adjourning
rescheduling
tabling
mothballing
binding up
taping up
corking up
respiting
continuing
overtaxing
stressing
taxing
injuring
extending
lengthening
waiving
toppling
queering
blowing
overthrowing
putting on the back burner
setting aside
taking a rain check on
carrying over
putting on ice
holding in abeyance
putting in cold storage
putting over
laying on the table
laying over
giving rain check
vitiating
razing
wracking
unbuilding
skinning
impoverishing
crazing
bringing to a stop
blowing the whistle on
putting a cork in
winding up
closing down
pulling the plug on
making a mess of
putting at risk
bringing down
canceling out
bringing to naught
raining on someone's parade
rendering ineffective
ballsing up
cancelling out
playing havoc with
blowing a hole in
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“Dreamers might also experience prophetic dreams that they would convey to others to
forestall
danger.”
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Beating someone to it
doing in advance
antedating
anticipating
beating someone to it
doing ahead
getting ahead
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Used or intended to avert or thwart danger or disaster
defensive
preventive
resistive
averting
arresting
baulking
UK
balking
US
foiling
checking
frustrating
interrupting
thwarting
in opposition
warding off
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