A preemptive action is made to keep some other action from being taken. Before you could be accused of eating the whole cake, you decided to make a preemptive apology, which was met with awkward silence.
Adjective S.
designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence; "a preemptive business offer"
a.
Of or pertaining to preemption; having power to
preempt; preempting.
Usage Examples
What President Bush did in his doctrine of preemptive strike and in his war in Afghanistan and in Iraq was to turn even his allies in Europe negatively toward America.
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