1. plural of forestallment; acts of preventing something from happening or intercepting something before it occurs
Usage: formal; archaic
2. plural of forestallment; historical legal term referring to the buying up of goods before they reach market to resell at higher prices
Usage: archaic; historical

Examples

• The forestallments of disease through vaccination have saved millions of lives.
• Medieval laws prohibited forestallments of grain by merchants seeking to inflate prices.
• Quick forestallments of the fire prevented it from spreading to neighboring buildings.
• The king's forestallments of rebellion kept the kingdom stable for decades.
• Such forestallments of conflict require careful diplomacy and foresight.