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View definitions for foiled

foiled

adjective as in defeated

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adjective as in unsuccessful

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Long thought to be a chicken, Feathers was exposed as a penguin when Wallace and Gromit foiled his plan to rob a museum of a precious diamond.

From BBC

It was during a shared golfing session in Florida last September that another alleged would-be Trump attacker was foiled by the Secret Service.

From BBC

Their hanky-panky is foiled, but the attempted assignation seems completely random.

“If Iran commits violence against any of these men, Mr. Trump won’t be able to escape some responsibility,” the Journal’s editorial board said, referencing a foiled assassination plot against Bolton by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

From Salon

But a letter that detailed the plot was found in a trash can by a guard and the plan was foiled.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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