precipitate
adjective
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done with very great haste and without due deliberation
hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare
hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes
noun
- 1
a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
verb
- 1
separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
- 2
hurl or throw violently
The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below
- 3
bring about abruptly
The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution
- 4
fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
Our economy precipitated into complete ruin
- 5
fall from clouds
rain, snow and sleet were falling
Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum
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