pre-emptive

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See also: preemptive, and preëmptive

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Adjective

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pre-emptive (comparative more pre-emptive, superlative most pre-emptive)

  1. Alternative spelling of preemptive
    • 2024 June 12, Richard Foster, “Joint venture to boost connectivity”, in RAIL, number 1011, page 32:
      The GNR made a pre-emptive attack in 1865 when it submitted a Bill to build a line from Bourne to Sleaford, purely to block any developments by the GNR.

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