preemptive
IPA: priˈɛmptɪv
adjective
- Of or relating to preemption.
- Made so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation.
- (bridge, of a high-level bid) Intended to interfere with an opponent's bidding.
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Examples of "preemptive" in Sentences
- That would make the war preemptive.
- The preemptive war claim developed later.
- Preemptive war is now in the common vernacular.
- This doesn't not change the preemptive designation.
- It's even odder when the protection was preemptive.
- The situation was essentially one of preemptive alarm.
- The important thing is that it is not a preemptive measure.
- In a preemptive strike, the attack of the enemy is imminent.
- Preemptive strikes are not the sole propriety of the military.
- Example of such a preemptive conventional opening is the Muiderberg convention.