All 3 Uses
forestall
in
Ender's Game
(Edited)
- Ender, however, was trying to figure out a way to forestall vengeance. To keep them from taking him in a pack tomorrow.
p. 29.8 *forestall = prevent
- He mocked himself to forestall the mocking comments of anti-semites.
p. 97.5
- It forestalled a really vicious war that could have lasted for decades.
p. 245.1forestalled = prevented
Definitions:
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(1)
(forestall) to prevent or delay something by taking action
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)