forestall
verb (used with object)
to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance.
will have forestalled
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future perfectof forestall.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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They will be able to learn nothing of my uncle’s movements from the New York house, as he will have forestalled them there.
From The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West by A. Maynard (Anna Maynard) Barbour
