Forestalls

Word FORESTALLS
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Definitions and meanings of "Forestalls"

What do we mean by forestalls?

To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.

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.

To deprive (with of).

To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.

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The word "forestalls" in example sentences

A reawakened regulatory apparatus that actually forestalls the next deepwater disaster is surely one of the best things that could happen to Big Oil. ❋ Jed Horne (2011)

Giving Miranda warnings forestalls the risk of losing such a skirmish later in court. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And it forestalls national development, which she says begins with the building of a taxation system and the attraction of foreign commercial capital. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Meanwhile, their feminist rhetoric disarms an easily divided left and forestalls serious resistance to what amounts to institutionalized xenophobia for party political gain. ❋ Rabah Ghezali (2010)

The compromise, which came after pressure from fellow Republicans, forestalls a Jan. 1 payroll-tax increase on 160 million workers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

After admitting that name calling "lowers the level of discourse... forestalls thoughtful response and...does not suggest an excess of class," Pitts says: ❋ Dorian De Wind (2011)

This bill entrenches insurance companies and forestalls single payer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The deal, which forestalls a Jan. 1 tax increase on 160 million workers, represents a retreat for the House GOP, which had been at odds with Senate Republicans and party elders who feared the party would suffer in the 2012 elections if the tax break was allowed to expire. ❋ Janet Hook (2011)

The previous should be explained: A long-term Business mortgage, in itself, forestalls upgrading; Start-up Mortgage payments impede successive funds to technologically grow. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The deal, which forestalls a Jan. 1 tax increase on 160 million workers, represents a retreat for the House GOP, which had been at odds with Senate Republicans and party elders who feared a backlash in the 2012 elections if the tax break was allowed to expire. ❋ Siobhan Hughes (2011)

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