Definition of Precipitate
Noun
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a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
Verb
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hurl or throw violently
"The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"
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fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
"Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"
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fall from clouds
"rain, snow and sleet were falling"
"Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
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separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
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bring about abruptly
"The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"
Adjective
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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"
hasty overhasty precipitant precipitous
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Unscramble precipitate
372 unscramble word found using the letters precipitate.
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