All forfend synonyms

verb forfend

• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• outlaw — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
• inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
• suspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
• revoke — to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
• dismiss — to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• avert — If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening.
• prohibit — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
• intimidate — to make timid; fill with fear.
• frighten — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
• preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• daunt — If something daunts you, it makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• forestall — to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
• scare — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
• block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
• dampen — To dampen something such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense.
• censor — If someone in authority censors letters or the media, they officially examine them and cut out any information that is regarded as secret.
• freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
• deprive — If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
• cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• proscribe — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
• inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
• disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
• restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• ban — To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
• counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• forbid — to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
• hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
• avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
• bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
• limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
• ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
• put an end to — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
• outlaw — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
• constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
• debar — If you are debarred from doing something, you are prevented from doing it by a law or regulation.
• cool — Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.