Synonyms of forestallment

forestallment

noun

as in prevention

the act or practice of keeping something from happening

by raising the necessary funds, the historical society was able to effect a last-minute forestallment of the demolition of the town's oldest house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prevention
• avoidance
• precluding
• neutralization
• prohibiting
• prohibition
• averting
• crossing
• circumvention
• nullification
• thwarting
• enjoining
• proscribing
• outlawing
• checkmate
• negation
• debarment
• barring
• forbidding
• baffling
• deterrence
• proscription
• determent
• foiling
• balking
• interdiction
• interdicting
• frustration

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assistance
• support
• aid
• backing
• promotion
• cultivation
• advancement
• facilitation
• encouragement
• nurture

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• assistance
• support
• aid
• backing
• promotion
• cultivation
• advancement
• facilitation
• encouragement
• nurture

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