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precipitate
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Adjective
  • done with very great haste and without due deliberation
    • hasty marriage seldom proveth well- Shakespeare
    • hasty makeshifts take the place of planning- Arthur Geddes
    • rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion
    • wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king
Noun
  • a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
Verb
  • hurl or throw violently
    • The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below
  • fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
    • Our economy precipitated into complete ruin
  • fall from clouds
    • rain, snow and sleet were falling
    • Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum
  • separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
  • bring about abruptly
    • The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution
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