Synonyms for foiled
foiled

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1. defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwartedadjective

   disappointingly unsuccessful

   "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"

   Synonyms:
   thwarted, disappointed, discomfited, frustrated, defeated

   Antonyms:
   successful

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1. List of paraphrases for "foiled":

   aborted, thwarted, aborting, frustrated, foil, thwart, frustration, foils, smashed

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1. Rafi Cohen:

   We foiled a car bomb attack, we have no doubt the woman terrorist who drove the vehicle intended to reach Jerusalem.

2. Christine Abizaid:

   This year, ISIS-Khorasan expanded its ambitions outside Afghanistan with a handful of cross-border rocket attacks against Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and a foiled plot in India, its ambitions for attacking the West — possibly including the Homeland — remains a top intelligence priority, notwithstanding the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan last August.

3. Abu Musab:

   They were masked and spoke foreign languages which our fighters could not understand, we do not know who they were but we foiled them.

4. Mohammed Ali Aroui:

   Counter-terrorism forces foiled plots to carry out spectacular attacks against vital installations, including the Interior Ministry, security stations and civilian buildings in the capital Tunis, during the past three days, we arrested 32 terrorists from this group planning to attack targets in Tunis and other cities.

5. Mehmet Salih Takil:

   This is what the West fears. All plots of the Zionists, the freemasons, and the children of evil against Turkey will be foiled.