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forestallmentnoun the act or practice of keeping something from happeningby raising the necessary funds, the historical society was able to effect a last-minute forestallment of the demolition of the town's oldest house averting, precluding, prevention avoidance, circumventionnegation, neutralization, nullificationbaffling, balking, checkmate, crossing, debarment, determent, deterrence, foiling, frustration, thwartingbarring, enjoining, forbidding, interdicting, interdiction, outlawing, prohibiting, prohibition, proscribing, proscription aid, assistance, backing, supportfacilitationadvancement, cultivation, encouragement, nurture, promotion |