forestalling
fo·res·tal·ling
noun
1.
the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
Origin
From Middle English forstallyng, forstallynge, equivalent to forestall + -ing.
Related words
Broader terms
WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.