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. President Mahamadou Issoufou:

   The government has just foiled an evil attempt at detribalization. The objective of these individuals, motivated by I don't know what, was to overthrow the democratically elected power, they envisaged using aerial firepower and they have for some weeks deliberately blocked (those military assets) in Niamey that I was pressing them to send to Diffa to the front for the struggle against Boko Haram.

2. Sheikh Sabah:

   You have foiled the desperate attempt and satanic attitudes of the plotters and perpetrators of this condemned crime to inflame divisions and stir sectarian tensions and divide the unity of the Kuwaiti society, the international community should exert all their effort to avert and take legal action to dry up [ terrorism ] from its waters so countries and nations live in peace and security.

3. 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.

4. Mark Rowley:

   You see a terrorist group that has big ambitions for enormous and spectacular attacks, not just the types that we've seen foiled to date.

5. 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.