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precipitate

/pɹəˈsɪpɪteɪt/

verb

Meaning

  • To make something happen suddenly and quickly.

    "it precipitated their success"

  • To throw an object or person from a great height.

  • To send violently into a certain state or condition.

    "we were precipitated into a conflict"

  • To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.

    "Adding the acid will cause the salt to precipitate."

  • To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.

  • To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.

    "It will precipitate tomorrow, but we don't know whether as rain or snow."

  • To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.

  • To fall headlong.

  • To act too hastily; to be precipitous.

Synonyms

accelerate,
advance,
hasten,
speed up,
cast,
fling,
throw,
headlong

adjective

Meaning

  • Headlong; falling steeply or vertically.

  • Very steep; precipitous.

  • With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong.

  • Moving with excessive speed or haste.

    "The king was too precipitate in declaring war."

  • Performed very rapidly or abruptly.

Synonyms

abrupt,
precipitous,
subitaneous,
brant,
headlong,
precipitant,
precipitous,
hotheaded,
impetuous,
rash