preempt or pre-empt. Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.

Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.

preempt or pre-empt

VERB:	1. To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right: appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, seize, take, usurp. See GIVE. 2. To cause to be busy or in use: engage, monopolize, occupy, tie up. See ACTION, USED.


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