PREEMPT Synonyms

• keep from happening or arising; make impossible

• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

• located at or near the back of an animal

• be a hindrance or obstacle to

• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

• put at a disadvantage

• keep from happening or arising; make impossible

• make impossible, especially beforehand

• keep from happening or arising; make impossible

• stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

• the event of something ending

• the act of stopping something

• a brief stay in the course of a journey

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• a spot where something halts or pauses

• a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

• a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

• (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes

• a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens

• a restraint that checks the motion of something

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• come to a halt, stop moving

• put an end to a state or an activity

• stop from happening or developing

• interrupt a trip

• cause to end

• prevent completion

• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

• seize on its way

• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

• render unsuitable for passage

• stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

• cause to move, usually with force or pressure

• take the place of or have precedence over

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

• cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

• a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu

• a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations

• a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding

• a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding