The phrase "able to forestall a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the ability to prevent or delay something from happening.
Example: "The new policy is designed to be able to forestall a potential crisis in the organization."
Alternatives: "capable of preventing a" or "able to avert a".
By justifying the orders on security grounds the authorities were able to forestall a court challenge.
With the San Francisco 49ers two games behind the Packers in the conference standings, the Packers could have another break — they might be able to forestall a decision a bit longer.
Armed with that foresight, the United States might have been able to forestall a test, as it did back in 1995, and thus prevent an arms race in one of the planet's least pacific places.
While the commissioners were able to forestall a major confrontation, no substantial changes were made, and the disputes between the two colonies would continue for the next fifty years.
With all the endless variables in the evolution of any real human dwelling place, not even an enterprise equipped with yottabytes of data will necessarily be able to forestall all the emergent vexations that fate and time might gin up for it.
The activist sent someone to investigate, found that members of one gang were beating a man from another, and were able to forestall retaliation and further bloodshed, Jealous said.
If you might be subject to a background check based on your research in a field of science or technology that is tagged for closer scrutiny based on the so-called Technology Alert List, you may be able to forestall or at least shorten the check if you bring a letter from your department or PI with you detailing your research.
And, in such a government, Netanyahu is unlikely to be able to forestall the legislation already being pushed by those on the right to annex parts of the West Bank.
Something must be awry if Enron's chief executive acted so erratically, Wall Street surmised, and Mr. Koenig, a longtime Enron veteran, had not been able to forestall it.
But when lawmakers got word last month that the 2007 tax revenues were about a half billion dollars more than expected, they were able to forestall the most severe cuts.
How is it that certain minds seem able to forestall senescence despite genetic programming?
