precipitate
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(s) 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
Nouns
- (n) a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
Verbs
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(v) bring about abruptly
- The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution
- (v) separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
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(v) fall from clouds
- rain, snow and sleet were falling
- Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum
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(v) fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
- Our economy precipitated into complete ruin
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(v) hurl or throw violently
- The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below