pre-empted
Acted before another
Pre-empted is the past tense of pre-empt, meaning to take action before someone else can, thereby preventing or displacing what would have come.
A television program gets pre-empted when breaking news or a special broadcast takes its time slot: The game was pre-empted by coverage of the president's address.
More broadly, if you pre-empted someone's objection, you addressed it before they could raise it.
The spelling preempted (without the hyphen) is equally common.
Passage prevented or impeded
- foiledPrevented from succeeding
- interceptedCaught en route
- preventedStopped before occurrence
- counteredResponded to challenge
circumvented · frustrated · derailed · checkmated · outmaneuvered · undercut · overridden · supplanted
Strategically planned
- calculatedFigured out mathematically
- proactiveActing before problems arise
- first-moverInitial market participant
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
gambit · maneuver · outflanking · anticipatory · premeditated · preparatory · forward-thinking · countermove
Prevented through early action
- preemptiveActing to forestall
- foreseenPredicted before occurring
- predictedDeclared in advance
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
expected · projected · presaged · foretold · prophesied · divined · augured · envisioned
Preventing by prior action
- avertingPreventing by action
- precludingMaking impossible beforehand
- obviatingMaking something unnecessary
- deterringPreventing through fear
interdicting · countermeasure · prophylactic · preemptive strike · interception · intervention · blocking · heading off
blocked
Passage prevented or impeded
- foiledPrevented from succeeding
- interceptedCaught en route
- preventedStopped before occurrence
countered · circumvented · frustrated · derailed · checkmated · outmaneuvered · undercut · overridden · supplanted · superseded
tactical
Strategically planned
- calculatedFigured out mathematically
- proactiveActing before problems arise
- first-moverInitial market participant
initiative · gambit · maneuver · outflanking · anticipatory · premeditated · preparatory · forward-thinking · countermove · positioning
forestalled
Prevented through early action
- preemptiveActing to forestall
- foreseenPredicted before occurring
- predictedDeclared in advance
forecast · expected · projected · presaged · foretold · prophesied · divined · augured · envisioned · prognosticated
forestalling
Preventing by prior action
- avertingPreventing by action
- precludingMaking impossible beforehand
- obviatingMaking something unnecessary
deterring · interdicting · countermeasure · prophylactic · preemptive strike · interception · intervention · blocking · heading off · cutting off
pre-emptedreacted
Showed a response
responded · followed · countered · retaliated · waited
pre-emptedallowed
Granted permission to proceed
permitted · enabled · acquiesced · facilitated · tolerated