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Defenition of the word precipitate

    • Defenition of the word precipitate

      • (For water in the atmosphere) to fall to the ground, as rain, snow, hail, etc.
      • 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"
      • a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
      • cause to separate from solution or suspension
      • fall abruptly into a different condition
      • hurl or throw violently
      • bring about abruptly: "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"
      • fall headlong
      • fall vertically and sharply
      • fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"
      • separate from solution as a fine suspension of solid particles, in chemistry
      • separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
      • hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"
      • bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia''s revolution"
      • fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"
      • fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
      • 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
      • bring about abruptly
      • fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
      • fall from clouds
      • done with very great haste and without due deliberation

    Synonyms for the word precipitate

      • abrupt
      • advance
      • bring on
      • cause
      • come down
      • fall
      • give rise to
      • hasten
      • hasty
      • headlong
      • hurried
      • impetuous
      • impulsive
      • lead to
      • occasion
      • overhasty
      • precipitant
      • quick
      • rapid
      • rash
      • separate from solution
      • sudden
      • swift
      • trigger
      • unexpected

    Similar words in the precipitate

      • hurried
      • precipitate
      • precipitated
      • precipitately
      • precipitates

    Hyponyms for the word precipitate

      • hail
      • rain
      • rain down
      • sleet
      • sludge
      • snow
      • spat

    Hypernyms for the word precipitate

      • bring about
      • cast
      • change state
      • come down
      • descend
      • drop
      • effect
      • effectuate
      • fall
      • go down
      • hurl
      • hurtle
      • separate
      • set up
      • solid
      • turn

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