preempt

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Canada Command will conduct operations to deter, prevent, preempt, and defeat threats and aggression aimed at Canada, within its area of responsibility.

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  1. transitive verb To appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others. See Synonyms at appropriate.
  2. transitive verb To take the place of; displace: A special news program preempted the scheduled shows.
  3. transitive verb To have precedence or predominance over: Discussion of the water shortage will preempt the other topics on this week's agenda.
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  • With this information, that other Enterprise's computers could predict, preempt, almost all the defensive moves and many of the aggressive moves that his own Enterprise might make in a battle situation. —  Diane Duane - Star Trek : The Next Generation - Dark Mirror
  • Unmanned aircraft have begun targeting Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, a shift in strategy by the Obama administration that may reflect efforts to preempt a Taliban spring offensive against U.S. forces in Afghanistan, the Washington Times reports. —  FOXNews.com
  • A day after the NBC affiliate sparked a firestorm by announcing plans to preempt the Peacock's primetime Leno strip, WHDH owner Sunbeam Television went silent Friday, refusing to comment on its plans. —  Variety.com
  • NBC insiders are still surprised by Sunbeam's brazen move; even if the company wanted to preempt Leno for a 10 p.m. newscast, that wouldn't happen until September -- so why announce those intentions so early? —  Variety.com
  • Although it's rare for affils to regularly preempt primetime fare, it's been more common through the years in other dayparts. —  Variety.com
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