foiling
present participle offoil
foil
verb[T]
uk/fɔɪl/us/fɔɪl/topreventsomeone or something from beingsuccessful:
Theprisoners'attempttoescapewas foiled at the lastminutewhenpolicereceivedatip-off.
Synonym
thwart
to prevent something from happening
- preventVaccination will prevent the spread of the disease.
- avoidLabel the boxes to avoid confusion.
- stopThis should stop any further trouble.
- avertWe had to act quickly to avert disaster.
- prohibitBehavioural problems in the classroom prohibit learning.
- checkChildren are being vaccinated in an attempt to check the spread of the disease.
Preventing and impeding
- anti-jamming
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag onsomeone/somethingidiom
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hamper
- hang
- havesomeone/somethinghanging roundyourneckidiom
- head off
- hinder
- prejudice
- prevent
- preventable
- prevention
- prevention is better than cureidiom
- scuttle
- smother
Examplesoffoiling
foiling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
They are attempting to avoid an economic crisis by pushing ahead with the armaments race andfoilinginternational disarmament in every way possible.
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What are the things that arefoilingus?
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Thirdly, security requirements are constantly evolving as networking in the community and computing develop further, electronic communications become more widespread and hackers become more adept atfoilingsecurity systems.
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We must ensure that the legislation on data protection and that on freedom of information interface correctly and do not become a means offoilingone another.
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Techniques such as fingerprinting, face recognition and use of the iris allow us to develop a database capable offoilingattempts to duplicate or steal identity.
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The ghosts come back to life,foilingthe curse, and all ends happily.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Humans' ability to move out of reach with the help of others, thusfoilingthe attack, is unusual for a great white's prey.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His help infoilingthe plot was rewarded.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Quadratic equations can also be solved using factorization (the reverse process of which is expansion, but for two linear terms is sometimes denotedfoiling).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Manoeuvres by players on the attacking team are sometimes aimed atfoilingthis defensive system.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The broadcast is believed to have been a major factor infoilingthe coup.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This set also began a tradition offoilinga select eighteen rares and inserting them into one of every seven packs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.While allowing for dramatically more storage on the disc andfoilingcasual piracy, the format only provides limited error correction.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She is then instrumental infoilingthe plot.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The children then wreak havoc in the park,foilingthe gangsters at every turn.
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- fall-off-perch
- fall off the wagon
- fall-off-the-wagon
- fall off your perch
- fall-off-your-perch
- fall-of-man
- fall-on
- fall on deaf ears
- exit visa
- ex-libris
- ex-libris
- Exmoor National Park
- exmoor-national-park
- exocarp
- Exocet
- exocytosis
- exodermis
- exodus
- ex officio
- ex-officio
- exogamy
- exogenous
- exogenous factor
- exogenous variable
- exon