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foiled::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | defeated, disappointed, discomfited, frustrated, thwarted |
their foiled attempt to capture Calais.
Examples of foiled
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Plans are vulnerable to getting foiled by the smallest typo or miscommunication.
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The president is being foiled by complex terrain, by which we mean the Congress.
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It wasn't simply a lack of offense that foiled the Capitals in Carolina, though.
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The Texans were foiled by their inability to convert third downs, going 1 of 11.
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President Reagan has maintained that 126 terrorist missions were foiled in 1985.
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With Myra foiled, a puzzled Myron returns to the rightful side of the TV screen.
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But their efforts to test the devices were foiled by overcast skies and drizzle.
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Freshman Kyle Fuller foiled the strategy by stripping Brandon Knight of the ball.
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Then Jordan Henderson was foiled by another heroic stop from the United keeper.
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- A piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
- Enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"
- Anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"
- Thwart: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
- Cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"
- Hydrofoil: a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through; "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"
- Foil a grunge rock group from the Seattle, Washington area c.1990-1998 featuring Steve Wied, formerly of Tad, Skin Yard, Willard and Daddy Hate Box on vocals and drums.
- A foil is a type of weapon used in fencing. It is the most common weapon in terms of usage in competition, and is usually the choice for elementary classes for fencing in general.
- An airfoil (in American English) or aerofoil (in British English) is the shape of a wing or blade (of a propeller, rotor or turbine) or sail as seen in cross-section.
