Hyphenation of preemption

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word preemption? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pre-emp-tion

Definitions of preemption:

1.	The judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
2.	The right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
3.	The right to purchase something in advance of others
4.	A prior appropriation of something The preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests

Synonyms of preemption:

noun	pre-emption, legal principle, judicial principle, judicial doctrine
noun	pre-emption, legal right
noun	pre-emption, right
noun	pre-emption, appropriation

Last hyphenations of this language

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