Social life

Synonyms for preempt

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 4, High CampSocial life

take the place of or have precedence over

Discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

displace

Same sentence, swapped: Discussion of the emergency situation will displace the lecture by the professor.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for preempt as it is used in the sentence above.

deputize
sequester
expropriate

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