Related Words for forestall

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prevent
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Verb, Verb
foresee
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Verb, Verb
anticipate
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Verb, Verb
preclude
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Verb, Verb
forbid
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Verb, Verb
foreclose
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Verb, Verb
counter
/x
Verb, Verb
avert
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Verb
counteract
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Verb
mitigate
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Verb
curtail
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Verb
thwart
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Verb
preempt
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Verb
orchestrate
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Verb
engender
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Verb
expedite
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Verb
induce
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Verb
ameliorate
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Verb
restrain
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Verb
divert
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Verb
incite
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Verb
banish
/x
Verb
quash
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Verb
prolong
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Verb
facilitate
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Verb
attenuate
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Verb
neutralize
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Verb
disentangle
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Verb
provoke
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Verb
suppress
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Verb
discourage
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Verb
obstruct
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Verb
legitimize
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Verb
abate
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Noun
mollify
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Verb
foreshadow
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Verb
assail
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Verb
insure
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Verb
mediate
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Verb
insulate
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Verb
initiate
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Verb
fashioning
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Noun
scuttle
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Verb
combatting
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Verb
expunge
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Verb
procure
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Verb
heighten
/x
Verb
derail
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Verb
precipitating
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Verb
accelerate
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Verb
hasten
/x
Verb
eliminate
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Verb
effectuate
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Verb
dissuade
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Verb
conceal
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Verb
impede
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Verb
safeguard
/x
Noun
necessitate
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Verb
neutralise
/xx
Verb
concomitant
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Noun
foretell
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Verb
halting
/x
Noun
deflect
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Verb
deter
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Verb
quell
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Verb
nullify
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Verb
hinder
/x
Verb
circumvent
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Verb
vanquish
/x
Verb
coerce
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Verb
interpose
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Verb
stifle
/x
Verb
resorting
x/x
Verb
enjoin
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Verb
perpetrate
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Verb
supplant
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Verb
contrive
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Verb
displace
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Verb
delaying
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Verb
evict
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Verb
deprive
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Verb
wrest
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Verb
entrap
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Verb
repel
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Verb
inflame
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Verb
disallow
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Verb
distract
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Verb
institutionalize
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Verb
eradicate
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Verb
foment
/x
Verb
intervene
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Verb
conspire
x/x
Verb
wreak
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Verb
aggravate
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Verb
extinguish
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Verb
abet
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Noun
barring
/x
Verb
contemplate
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Verb
entice
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Verb
evade
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Verb
impending
x/x
Adjective
threaten
/x
Verb
underwrite
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Verb
preserve
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Verb
galvanize
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Verb
entrench
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Verb
postpone
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Verb
inhibit
x/x
Verb
detect
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Verb
pester
/x
Verb
avoid
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Verb
pacify
/xx
Verb
annihilate
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Verb
usurp
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Verb
allay
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Verb
debar
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Noun
inflict
x/
Verb
enact
x/
Verb
obviate
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Verb
amass
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Verb
stimulate
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Verb
relieve
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Verb
liberate
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Verb
oust
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Verb
impair
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Verb
elicit
x/x
Verb
impoverishment
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Noun
intending
x/x
Verb
undermine
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Verb
assist
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Verb
perturb
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Verb
forbear
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Verb
stall
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Noun
ward off
//
Phrase, Verb
guard against
/x/
Phrase, Verb
hold off
//
Phrase, Verb
forego
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Verb
abstain
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Verb
intercept
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Noun
unionization
xxx/x
Noun
eventuality
xxx/xx
Noun
inevitable
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Adjective
abort
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Verb, Noun
baffle
/x
Noun, Verb
block
/
Noun, Verb
blockade
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Noun, Verb
cross
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
embarrass
x/x
Verb, Noun
escape
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Verb, Noun
fend off
//
Phrase, Verb
foil
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Noun, Verb
frustrate
/x
Verb, Adjective
head off
//
Phrase, Verb
outpace
/x
Verb
outstrip
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Verb
predict
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Verb, Noun
prevention
x/x
Noun
preventive
x/x
Noun, Adjective
queer
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Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
save
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Verb, Noun
scotch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
spoil
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Verb, Noun
stave off
//
Phrase, Verb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
warn
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Verb, Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
anymore
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Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
die
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun
literally
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Adverb