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foiled

1

[ foild ]

verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of foil.


adjective

  1. prevented from succeeding; thwarted; blocked:

    A woman is now being questioned in connection with the foiled terror plot to attack churches in Paris.

foiled

2

[ foild ]

adjective

Architecture.
  1. ornamented with foils (arcs or rounded spaces), as a gable, spandrel, or balustrade.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of foiled1

First recorded in 1300–50 as a verb, for an earlier sense; foil 1( def ) + -ed 1( def ), and in 1680–90 as an adjective; foil 1( def ) + -ed 2( def )

Origin of foiled2

First recorded in 1655–65; foil 2 + -ed 3
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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.

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

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

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“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.

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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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