Definition of Precipitate

Noun

  • a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

Verb

  • hurl or throw violently
    "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"
  • 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"
    - come down
  • separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
  • bring about abruptly
    "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"

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"
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372 unscramble word found using the letters precipitate.

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