The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word OVERRIDE , but the solution may also be USURP which is one of the most recent solution (2001 in CrossSynergy).
Preempt crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OVERRIDE | 33 % | 8 |
| USURP | 33 % | 5 |
| COOPT | 33 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Preempt
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- forestall
- thwart
- preemption
- prevent
- frustrate
- anticipate
- deter
- avoid
- counteract
- replace
- precedence
- priority
Crossword Answer definitions
OVERRIDE noun- A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
- A royalty.
- A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
- A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved.
- To ride across or beyond something.
- To ride a horse too hard.
- To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
- To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result OVERRIDE
- Rule against
- Veto
- Veto a veto
- Give the thumbs-down to
- Set aside
- Countermand
- Nullify
- Preempt
- Annul, as a veto.
- Outweigh.
More clues leading to the result USURP
- Appropriate
- Seize and hold
- Take by force
- Assume by force
- Commandeer
- Seize
- Ignore copyrights
- Stage a hostile takeover
- Preempt
- Seize, as the throne