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1. (noun) preemption, pre-emption
the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject

2. (noun) preemption, pre-emption
the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)

3. (noun) preemption, pre-emption
the right to purchase something in advance of others

4. (noun) preemption, pre-emption
a prior appropriation of something
"the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"

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