forestalled

Definitions

Acted in advance of someone or something to prevent them from doing something.

Delayed, hindered, or prevented an event or process by taking precautionary measures.

Examples

The quick intervention of the security team forestalled a potential disaster at the event.

By increasing interest rates, the central bank hoped to have forestalled a period of runaway inflation.

Synonyms

prevented averted precluded anticipated headed off thwarted obviated

Antonyms

encouraged facilitated promoted allowed aided hastened precipitated