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foiling
adjective as in defensive
noun as in frustration
Strongest matches
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Example Sentences
The US Secret Service has been praised by Donald Trump after foiling what the FBI is calling an attempted assassination.
The military did, however, announce that forces had pulled out of the al-Faraa refugee camp near Tubas after completing what it called “the objective of foiling terror, exposing terrorist infrastructure and eliminating armed terrorists”.
In separate statements, they praised police for quickly responding and foiling the attack.
When it cleared the planes to fly again in late January, it also imposed limits on Boeing’s planned production increase of Max planes, foiling the company’s latest attempt to compete with its European rival Airbus.
“The four were part of a 10-member sabotage group linked to Mossad, whose main objective was to identify Iranian intelligence agents … foiling Israeli plots against Iran,” Fars reported.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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