forestalling
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English
Definitions
verb
- To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.“Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.”
- To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
- To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
- To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
noun
- The act of one who forestalls.
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obviationpreclusionfoilingthwartingabortingpreventingforestalmentpreventionforstealpreemptionpostponencedeferringpreventivepostponerdelaying tactictemporization