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. Doug Collins:

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

2. Harry Harris:

   He recently threatened pre-emptive nuclear strikes against the United States and other countries in the region, folks, make no mistake about it. North Korea is on a quest for nuclear weapons, the means to miniaturize them and the ways to deliver them intercontinentally.

3. 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.

4. Steffen Seibert:

   Essentially our approach is as follows: We are not taking a pre-emptive decision to ban any actor, or any company.

5. Duyeon Kim:

   If the US responds to our initiative and pre-emptive efforts by taking reliable and corresponding practical action, our relationship will continue to progress at an excellent and great speed through the process of taking more concrete and groundbreaking measures.