precipitate
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(noun) a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering.
Noun Definition 1
(verb) bring about abruptly. Examples: "The crisis precipitated by russia's revolution."
Verb Definition 1
(verb) fall from clouds. Synonyms: come down, fall. Examples: "Rain, snow and sleet were falling." "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on herculaneum."
Verb Definition 3
(verb) fall vertically, sharply, or headlong. Examples: "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin."
Verb Definition 4
(verb) hurl or throw violently. Examples: "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below."
Verb Definition 5
(adj) done with very great haste and without due deliberation. Synonyms: hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitous. Examples: "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."
Adjective Definition 1