precipitate

• precipitate

precipitate

Noun

a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

Synonyms:

• precipitate

Verb

bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"

Synonyms:

• precipitate

Verb

separate as a fine suspension of solid particles

Synonyms:

• precipitate

Verb

fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

Synonyms:

• precipitate
• come down
• fall

Verb

fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

Synonyms:

• precipitate

Verb

hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"

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• precipitate

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"

Synonyms:

• hasty
• overhasty
• precipitate
• precipitant
• precipitous