forestall: v, ≒prevent, 未然に防ぐ

Government across developing world are scrambling to boost farm imports and restrict exports in an atempt to forestall rising food prices and social unrest.

forestall
【他動】
～を未然に防ぐ、～の機先を制する
・The president should forestall a possible riot by deploying a garrison. : 大統領は守備隊を配置して暴動を未然に防ぐべきだ。