Foil and Stop

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Foil verb - To prevent from achieving a goal.

Usage example: in popular fiction the hero will always foil the villain's plans

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Stop is a synonym for foil in thwart topic. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead a verb "Foil", when it comes to topics like circumvent.

Nearby Words: foiled, foiling

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Foil is a synonym for stop in thwart topic. Sometimes you can use "Foil" instead a verb "Stop".

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

good	good foil	good stop
female	female foil	female stop
nice	nice foil	nice stop
best	best foil	best stop
Other adjectives: better, complete, effective, big, great, serious, cold, main, occasional, different, comic, red.

attack	foil attack	stop attack
guy	foil guy	stop guy
attempt	foil attempt	stop attempt
someone	foil someone	stop someone
Other words: plot, death, time, plan, scheme, bad, villain, invasion, crime, robbery, plans, attacks, enemies, guys, attempts.

This doesn't stop Greedy from playing The Peeping Tom, hoping to see Smurfette naked, though the robot servants foil that attempt.

Source: Comic Book / The Smurfs
Roberta tries to foil the launching of said device but Khan knew she or Gary would try to stop it and installed countermeasures.

Source: You Can't Thwart Stage One
Cut the Juice: Ishikawa's emergency anti-hacking measure is an electrical main and a fire axe in the computer room, which he uses to foil a hacking attempt that he can't stop electronically.

Source: Anime / Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

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