forestall
forestall.01 - delay
FORESTALL-V NOTES: Frames file for 'forestall' based on sentences in brown. (from forestall.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
forestall (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: cause of delay
ARG1-PPT: awaited event
ARG1-PPT: awaited event
just transitive
Is not the present world crisis a race between things we have created which can now destroy us and between populations of
sufficient wisdom and characterARG0
to forestallrel
the tragedyARG1
.with manner/instrument
If the wedding party lasted late , and the travel schedule means there are only a few hours before resuming the trip or making an early start ,
the husbandARG0
mayARGM-MOD
forestallrel
tensions and uncertaintiesARG1
by confiding to his bride that lying in each other 's arms will be bliss enough for these few hoursARGM-MNR
.