forestall
verbTo prevent or delay something through earlier action.
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Clear all filtersTo prevent or delay something through earlier action.
Mentally troubled, upset, or restless.
Emotionally unsettled
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Of primary or fundamental importance.
Fundamentally important
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Not actively involved or mentally and emotionally invested.
An orderly listing or count of separate items.
Basic and essential to the nature or functioning of something.
Basic and essential
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Very high or elevated; figuratively, ambitious, noble, or expressed with superiority.
Very high
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An emphasis on possessions and physical comfort; in philosophy, the view that reality is fundamentally material.
Priority given to possessions
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To prevent something or rule out its possibility.
Lying down or reclining.
A lack of movement, growth, or development.
To block progress or leave someone unable to proceed.
To delay a decision or action in order to gain time.
Without realizing it or intending the result.
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