Forestallment
Forestallment noun - The act or practice of keeping something from happening.
Usage example: by raising the necessary funds, the historical society was able to effect a last-minute forestallment of the demolition of the town's oldest house
Foiling and forestallment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Foiling" instead a noun "Forestallment".
Foiling
Foiling noun - An act of hindering someone's plans or efforts.
Forestallment and foiling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Forestallment" instead a noun "Foiling".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- defeat and forestallment
- defeat and foiling
- obstruction and forestallment
- obstruction and foiling
- impediment and forestallment
- impediment and foiling
- hindrance and forestallment
- hindrance and foiling
- frustration and forestallment
- frustration and foiling
- checkmate and forestallment
- checkmate and foiling
- circumvention and forestallment
- circumvention and foiling
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