precipitate

adjective

  1. 1

    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. 1

    a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

verb

  1. 1

    separate as a fine suspension of solid particles

  2. 2

    hurl or throw violently

    The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below

  3. 3

    bring about abruptly

    The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution

  4. 4

    fall vertically, sharply, or headlong

    Our economy precipitated into complete ruin

  5. 5

    fall from clouds

    rain, snow and sleet were falling

    Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum

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