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- pronunciation:
- foIl
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
foils, foiling, foiled |
| definition: |
to prevent (a person, plan, enterprise, effort, or the like) from succeeding.
Severe storms foiled their attempt to sail across the ocean in record time.- antonyms:
- assist
- similar words:
- cross, defeat, frustrate, preclude, prohibit, thwart, undercut
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| related words: |
balk, betray, bilk, blank, cheat, combat, contravene, dash, disappoint, hinder, impede, prevent, repel, resist, stay, subdue, undermine |
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| derivation: |
foilable (adj.) |
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