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To prohibit from occurring by advance planning or action: avert, forfend, obviate, preclude, prevent, rule out, stave off, ward (off). Idioms: nip in the bud. See allow/prevent.

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• Strategy and Tactics - forestall: (vb) obstruct or thwart by prior action

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See words rhyming with "forestaller."

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - foregribe, komme i forkøbet, drive vareåger, hindre med magt

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorkomen, anticiperen, vóór zijn, prijzen hoger maken (door opkopen)

Français (French)
v. tr. - empêcher (qch), prévenir qn

Deutsch (German)
v. - zuvorkommen, vorbeugen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προλαμβάνω, ματαιώνω ή αποτρέπω (με προληπτικά μέτρα)

Italiano (Italian)
prevenire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - antecipar(-se)

Русский (Russian)
опережать, предупреждать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - prevenir, anticiparse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förekomma, möta på halva vägen, köpa upp (i spekulationssyfte)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
抢先行动以破坏, 先发制

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 搶先行動以破壞, 先發制

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 선수를 치다, ~을 매점하다, ~에 앞서다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 先んずる, 出し抜く, 買い占める, 先回りをする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحبط , يحتكر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הקדים, סיכל, מנע, צפה מראש פעולה‬

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