Synonyms for pre-emptive
pre-emp·tive

Princeton's WordNet

1. preemptive, pre-emptiveadjective

   designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence

   "a preemptive business offer"

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1. pre-strike

   1. adjective -- a surprise attack that is launched in order to prevent the enemy from attacking you. 2. designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence 3. (military) military effort designed to reduce or destroy an enemy's attacking strength before it can use it: a pre-emptive strike.

   Submitted by rinat on May 31, 2023  

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1. List of paraphrases for "pre-emptive":

   preventive, preemptive, preventative, pretrial, pre-trial, precautionary, pre-emption, proactive

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1. Kelly Preston:

   The church has a very intense indoctrination to prepare you for anything you might hear, it’s like a pre-emptive strike in case something uncomfortable comes up. Kelly’s been trained to not believe what she hears in the media. She’s been trained to think that these are evil people making things up.

2. Kok Wei Yee:

   Given the uncertainty over China and the uneasiness as the U.S. Federal Reserve begins a phase of interest rate hikes, the recent market sentiment fear is probably more of a crisis of confidence, the BOJ is well aware that significant market turbulence can negatively affect the real economy, and the easing measure is more of a pre-emptive and symbolic move.

3. Doug Collins:

   In a quest to score political points against the president, they authorized a pre-emptive subpoena, treating a voluntary witness as hostile.

4. Cas Mudde:

   This is a pre-emptive strike... criticizing Fidesz mildly, before real critique comes out, and then later either not following up or accepting marginal adjustments.

5. John Wood:

   Israel is opposed to the 2015 Iran nuclear framework deal, abandoned by Trump, and its restoration under the incoming Biden administration. Accordingly, this was a pre-emptive strike at the heart of the Iranian nuclear weapons program and its chief architect, there is no doubt that the attack will slow down Irans nuclear weapons program, but it will not end it.