forestall (v.)

• anticipate
• avert
• bamboozle
• bar
• beguile
• betray
• bluff
• cajole
• circumvent
• conjure
• corner
• debar
• deceive
• deflect
• delay
• delude
• deter
• diddle
• discourage
• dishearten
• dupe
• engross
• estop
• exclude
• fend
• forbid
• foreclose
• foresee
• frustrate
• gull
• help
• hinder
• hoax
• hog
• humbug
• intercept
• juggle
• mock
• monopolize
• obstruct
• obviate
• outmaneuver
• outsmart
• outwit
• overreach
• parry
• preclude
• prevent
• prohibit
• repel
• save
• snow
• stop
• thwart
• trick
• two-time
• ward