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pre-emptive (adj.)
also
preemptive
, 1806, "pertaining to preemption;" from
pre-emption
+
-ive
. Specifically of an attack on an enemy who is plotting his own attack, 1958, a term from the Cold War. Related:
Pre-emptively
;
preemptively
.
