Hyphenation of forestall

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word forestall? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

fore-stall

Definitions of forestall:

1.	Keep from happening or arising Make impossible My sense of tact forbids an honest answer Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
2.	Act in advance of Deal with ahead of time

Synonyms of forestall:

verb	prevent, foreclose, preclude, forbid
verb	anticipate, foresee, counter, act, move

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.