Definition of "pre-empting" [pre-empting]

• Present participle of pre-empt. (verb)

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• "Such efforts are an attempt at pre-empting any dissent that may develop in the northern regions of the UAE, such as Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah, which are home to about 40% of the country's population, Alexander said."
• "Then, on Prop 16, a multi-million-dollar campaign from one utility didn't quite sell voters on pre-empting future competition from public-sponsored power providers."
• "That ruled out the possibility of pre-empting a debt crisis—meaning a bond-market meltdown, in effect, was a precondition for a bailout—and increasing the chances of contagion spreading to other government bond markets."