Head
Head adjective - Highest in rank or authority.
Preparatory and head are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Preparatory" instead an adjective "Head".
Preparatory
Preparatory adjective - Coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows.
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Synonyms for Preparatory
Head and preparatory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Head" instead an adjective "Preparatory".
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Alexander the Great ordered his soldiers to shave their beards to deny their enemies something to grab onto preparatory for cutting off the head.
Source: By the Hair -
During his preparatory meditation for Conall's triggering ritual in The Quest for Saint Camber, Morgan gazes on the unconscious and frail Nigel, dressed in Haldane red court robes with one of the state crowns on a pillow above his head.
Source: Nightmare Sequence -
As always when he had taken Operational command, Zhukov tried to use a Boring but Practical preparatory bombardment - and was outfoxed by Heinrici, giving Ivan Konev's 2nd Ukrainian Front a two day head start in the race for Berlin.
Source: It's Quiet... Too Quiet
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