forestalling in English

verb

1

prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking action ahead of time.

vitamins may forestall many diseases of aging

synonyms: preempt, get in before, anticipate, second-guess, nip in the bud, thwart, frustrate, foil, stave off, ward off, fend off, avert, preclude, obviate, prevent, beat someone to it

noun

• obviation, preclusion

verb

• preempt, get in before, anticipate, second-guess, nip in the bud, thwart, frustrate, foil, stave off, ward off, fend off, avert, preclude, obviate, prevent, beat someone to it
• counter, anticipate, foresee
• prevent, preclude, forbid, foreclose

Use "forestalling" in a sentence

1. Forestalling Murphy's Law as applied to products demands intelligence, skill[sentencedict .com], and commitment .

2. Synonyms for Averting include precluding, prevention, forestallment, forestalling, deterrence, preclusion, determent, avoidance, stopping and annulment

3. The significance of Blinking remembers its defensive job for forestalling the section of residue or any article into the eye, just as closing out excessively splendid light from the ill-equipped eye.

4. Insistence on the safeguarding of a clean supply of water was the most effective means of forestalling the rise and dissemination of diseases such as amoebiasis, the fevers of the enteric group, cholera, bilharziasis, and spirochetal jaundice.

5. "Aviculture - The worldwide hobby of keeping and breeding numerous species of wild birds in captivity to maintain their numerical status in nature with a view of forestalling their extinction by supplying aviary raised stock" - Jean Delacour A

6. Whose meaning is the sum of all things Blent In fiercest harmony, Soft winds are calling on the cloudy deep, (Like foam-flowers falling from the breasts of Sleep Their Lotus-kiss is), such a world forestalling Of wanton blisses, that the fear of palling Makes e'en the Sirens weep