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Another word for preempt

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Verb

  1. To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right

    See also:

    give

  2. To cause to be busy or in use

    See also:

    used

    action

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for preempt

Verb
  1. See also:

    obtain

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • Are you taking any initiative to preempt being in a scary situation like that again?

  • I plan on going early so I can preempt a good section of seats for us before the others get there.

  • Talking about how to deal with the rowdy members of out club will preempt today's other topics.

  • The people of the community gathered at the historic building to preempt its demolotion.

  • Talking about how to deal with the rowdy members of our club will preempt today's other topics.

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