Forestall has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Our aim is to forestall all those risks. | |
| 2. | This campaign cannot forestall new Zika virus outbreaks. | |
| 3. | "'Once had your hands,' said Calchas, 'dared profane / Minerva's gift, dire plagues' (which Heaven forestall / or turn on him) 'should Priam's realm sustain; / but if by Trojan aid it scaled your wall, / proud Asia then should Pelops' sons enthrall, / and children rue the folly of the sire.'" |