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forestall [fɔːrˈstɔːl, Brit fɔːˈ-] VB trans

forestall

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He was immediately separated from his confreres in order to forestall his influence over them and was urged with threats to alter his position. en.wikipedia.org

A ship is secured to a mooring to forestall free movement of the ship on the water. en.wikipedia.org

In strategy, you have effectively won when you forestall the enemy, so you must train well to attain this. en.wikipedia.org

Many populations settled on this area due to the promising forestall activity by the end of the 17th century and beginnings of the 18th century. en.wikipedia.org

However, an excavation designed to forestall flooding was built between 1978 and 1980 to safeguard the community from this natural hazard. en.wikipedia.org

When this occurs, the family devises all kinds of method to forestall a recurrence, including giving special names at a new birth. en.wikipedia.org

Embalming slows decomposition somewhat, but does not forestall it indefinitely. en.wikipedia.org

However, by increasing n we can forestall the disappearance of the repeating strings as long as we like. en.wikipedia.org

The book promotes the use of sustainable energy sources and slow resource consumption as the solution to delay or forestall death by entropy. en.wikipedia.org

Both closed churches faced lengthy preservation debates to forestall their demolition and architectural details dispersal. en.wikipedia.org

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