pre-emptive in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for pre-emptive in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

pre-emptive [Brit prɪˈɛmptɪv, Am priˈɛmptɪv] ADJ

I.strike [Brit strʌɪk, Am straɪk] N

II.strike <pret, pp struck> [Brit strʌɪk, Am straɪk] VB trans

1. strike (hit):

to strike sb a blow lit, fig

3. strike (make impression on):

to be struck on inf Brit

III.strike <pret, pp struck> [Brit strʌɪk, Am straɪk] VB intr

Translations for pre-emptive in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

pre-emptive in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pre-emptive in the English»French Dictionary

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Such a war could not be pre-emptive, but defensive, to restore peace.
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It acts as a scheduler for tasks running on the system, providing pre-emptive multitasking with prioritized round-robin scheduling.
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An offensive unit, it specialises in pre-emptive operations involving small groups of specially-trained soldiers in enemy territory.
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Strategic defensive need not be passive in nature, and often involves military deception, propaganda and psychological warfare, as well as pre-emptive strategies.
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Protesters launched a pre-emptive strike on the building, in order to wrest control of the position.
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So we had to take some pre-emptive measures.
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Alleging unnecessary and illegal pre-emptive action was taken against them, the squatters requested a judicial review of the policing tactics.
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The algorithms used in scheduling analysis can be classified as pre-emptive or non-pre-emptive 1.
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He began training his troops to have a pre-emptive rather than a defensive posture.
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This pre-emptive repression by the colonial power was to ethnically colour the subsequent anticolonial resistance.
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