forestall
verb (used with object)
to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance.
forestalls
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present tense formof forestall (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The agreement comes after talks began several weeks ago, and forestalls a May 31 deadline for workers to strike.
From Reuters ● May 11, 2022
“It looks like either he senses something is coming or is hoping this move forestalls it,” said Wilde.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2022
By pretending that his stock sales were mandated by his Twitter voters, Musk forestalls any speculation that they reflect his doubts about Tesla’s future or about its stratospheric stock market valuation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2021
Yet many physicians have the mistaken belief that a longer course of antibiotics forestalls resistant strains.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2021
But if the Appetite in any way at all forestalls the Judgment and guides it, then the Judgment cannot be free: it is not its own: it is captive to another power.
From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by R. W. (Richard William) Church
