preemptive

About 0.58 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of, relating to, or imposing preemption.

   a preemptive attack on the enemy

2. adjective Made so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation.

   a preemptive attack on the enemy

3. adjective Intended to interfere with an opponent's bidding.

Similar words

preventative preventive preemption proactive pre-emptive pre-emption pretrial precautionary precaution preference

Often followed by

strike rights right attack war strikes action multitasking scheduling and

Word family

preemptively