Keep from happening or arising; make impossible.
Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time.
1 Ender, however, was trying to figure out a way to forestall vengeance.
2 By supplying liquidity, the authorities hoped to forestall a problem of solvency.
3 The high spirits of the boy sought to forestall the next move.
4 Tay held up his hand quickly to forestall Vree Erreden's angry reply.
5 Champney hastened to forestall her; his aunt shook her finger at him.
6 With my old hands I tried to forestall the sword of Fate.
7 Quoth the Khalif, Thou shalt not forestall me with talk and prate.
8 I am sorry that Mr. Carrington has thought proper to forestall me.
9 Depend upon it you are lost, if you do not forestall them.
10 To forestall this dreaded calamity, they freely devoted their lives and fortunes.
11 However, I wish to forestall two objections which will undoubtedly be raised.
12 And to forestall your next question-no ,oursystem does not create problems.
13 He sprang, or rather got, up too, rather quickly, to forestall her.
14 If it should not come to-day, my cruisers will forestall its mission.
15 They have come to forestall opinion, to make a few side-winded remarks.
16 It's not immediately clear what this new capability hopes to forestall .
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