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Synonyms for thwarted

disappointingly unsuccessful

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Sources said SCBA had announced to observe strike on the occasion of hearing of references against the judges in Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) but Lawyers action committee had thwarted the strike call.
Muscat: Oman's Information Technology Authority (ITA) thwarted more than 900 million cyber attacks on government networks in 2018, thanks to a vigilant team of specialists and strong measures taken by the administration to protect key websites.
Sources said that the Excise Intelligence as per routine checking of a rikshaw in Peshawar thwarted smuggling of 14 rifles, 7000 rounds and six M16 rifles.
The ISIS-inspired attack against an Etihad Airways flight originating in the Australian city of Sydney to Abu Dhabi was thwarted by Australian officials in July.
The U.S.-led coalition had alerted Russian officials about the presence of SDF forces in the area far in advance of the thwarted attack, the U.S.
Download ISF says it has nothing to do with circulated news about PM Hariri's thwarted assassination attempt, has no information on this matter NNA - In an issued communiqu by the Internal Security Forces' General Directorate following PM Saad Hariri's announced resignation on Saturday, it indicated that "what is being circulated through the media about thwarting an assassination attempt against PM Hariri was not issued by ISF's Information Department." "Therefore, ISF is not the source of these news reports nor does it have any information on this matter," the communiqu added.
(TAP) -- Some 125 smuggling operations were thwarted from October 22 to 28 by National Guard units nationwide.
There have been five attacks in Britain this year but police have thwarted more over the same period of time.
Mr Khan told a Labour conference fringe event: "If you look at the time when Fusilier Lee Rigby was murdered in 2013 up until the Westminster Bridge attack this year, there were 13 terrorist attacks thwarted because of the excellent work of the police and security services.
BURGLARS trying to steal a large quantity of tobacco were thwarted when police arrived.
25 (BNA): The Saudi Customs thwarted three attempts to smuggle 3,078 amphetamine pills and 33 bottles of liquor through Al-Dorra entry checkpoint.
Upon interrogation four more plots were discovered and timely thwarted saving hundreds of lives, the statement said.
Summary: Residents of a village in south Lebanon thwarted an attempt by four large trucks to dump medical waste in the village's closed landfill Tuesday morning, the state-run National News Agency reported.
Over the 90 minutes they were good value for the win, Archer poking in the first after Justin Marsden had initially been thwarted by keeper Bart Pedrycz.
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army troops thwarted an ISIL attack on a strategic village in Deir Ezzur province on Wednesday.