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German Translation of “forestall”

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forestall (fɔːˈstɔːl Pronunciation for forestall ) 

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transitive verb

    1. sb, rival zuvorkommen + dative
    2. accident, eventuality vorbeugen + dative
    3. crisis, danger, disaster abwenden
    4. wish, desire im Keim ersticken
    5. objection vorwegnehmen

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= prevent, stop, frustrate, anticipate, head off, parry, thwart, intercept, hinder, preclude, balk, circumvent, obviate, nip in the bud, provide against

'forestall' in Other Languages

  • Brazilian Portuguese: prevenir
  • Chinese: 预先阻止预預先阻止
  • European Spanish: anticiparse a
  • French: prévenir
  • German: zuvorkommen
  • Italian: prevenire
  • Japanese: 機先を制する
  • Korean: 미연에 방지하다
  • Portuguese: prevenir
  • Spanish: anticiparse a

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