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forestalling
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun forestalling has 1 sense
- forestalling(n = noun.act) obviation, preclusion - the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively; Array is a kind of bar, prevention
Derived forms verb forestall1, verb forestall2
THESAURUS
forestalling
agape, agog, all agog, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, arrestation, avoidance, avoiding reaction, awaiting, certain, circumvention, confident, debarment, defense mechanism, determent, deterrence, deterrent, deterring, discouragement, discouraging, dodge, duck, eager, elusion, elusiveness, equivocation, escape, estoppel, evasion, evasive action, evasiveness, expectant, expecting, forbearance, forbiddance, forbidding, forearmed, foreclosure, forestallment, forewarned, gaping, getting around, halt, hopeful, in anticipation, in expectation, jink, looking for, looking forward to, neutrality, nonintervention, noninvolvement, not surprised, obviation, optimistic, preclusion, preclusive, prepared, preventative, prevention, preventive, prohibition, prohibitive, prophylactic, ready, refraining, sanguine, shunning, shunting off, shy, sidestep, sidetracking, slip, stay, stop, stoppage, stopping, sure, the runaround, unsurprised, waiting, waiting for, watching for, zigzag
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