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pre-empt
- Published: 16/02/2012 at 06:52 AM
- Online news: Vocabulary
to prevent something from happening by taking action to stop it ยึดเอาไปก่อน
Red shirt co-leader Jatuporn Prompan has claimed there could be a coup in April making it necessary for the red shirts to renew their mass protests to pre-empt any such attempt.
The Thammasat student said he understood the administration's concern that the campaign could escalate into violence if the university does nothing to pre-empt it.
They want prefer to pre-empt an attack, or at least take out the most dangerous and long-range missiles before they could be launched.
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