foiled
Speech parts
1. foiled - Adjective
2. foiled - Verb
4. foiled - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
of Foil
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Examples
disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
their foiled attempt to capture Calais
many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
his best efforts were thwarted
After they have foiled the ghost's plot and destroyed the ship, Richard finds Susan practising the same music he heard aboard the ship.
An attempt to cover up the death was foiled when the mother of the dead man discovered the marks of torture on his body and made the knowledge public, therefore triggering the riots.