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'forestall' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'forestall' with 3 example sentences.


forestall verb

: keep from happening or arising; make impossible

: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time


  • This campaign cannot forestall new Zika virus outbreaks.
  • Had I but known what she intended, I might have forestalled this debacle.
  • Our aim is to forestall all those risks.
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