preempt

7 letters · noun · scores 1,800 in SpellHuntr

noun

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

verb

acquire for oneself before others can do so

Preempt in a sentence

He preempted that hill to be its king.

Floppy disks were preempted by CDs.

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