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 settlement forestalls a trial over the city’s culpability, while letting stand a jury verdict against Bueno from March.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
The agreement comes after talks began several weeks ago, and forestalls a May 31 deadline for workers to strike.
From Reuters ● May 11, 2022
Yet many physicians have the mistaken belief that a longer course of antibiotics forestalls resistant strains.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2021
If you feel like you must have an excuse that forestalls follow-up questions, you can always say the pregnancy has been hard on you and you’re just not up for a party.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2019
Aware that much in the work of Goethe would seem "faulty" to many, he forestalls the objection at the outset.
From English literary criticism by Various
