English > forestall: 2 senses > verb 1, social| Meaning | Keep from happening / happening or arising; make impossible. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | prevent, foreclose, preclude, forbid |
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| Narrower | debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off | prevent the occurrence of |
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| inhibit | Limit the range or extent of |
| obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of |
| save, make unnecessary | make unnecessary an expenditure or effort |
| stop, halt, block, kibosh | Stop from happening / happening or developing |
| thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of |
| Spanish | estorbar, evitar, impedir, imposibilitar, prevenir, prohibir |
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| Catalan | destorbar, evitar, impedir, impossibilitar, prevenir, prohibir |
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| Nouns | forestalling | the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively |
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