| precipitate [a] |
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| 1) | 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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| Synonyms : | hasty overhasty precipitant precipitous |
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| hurried |
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| precipitate [n] |
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| 1) | a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering |
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| solid sludge |
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| precipitate [v] |
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| 1) | separate as a fine suspension of solid particles |
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| change_state precipitation precipitant cottrell_precipitator |
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| 2) | bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution" |
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| bring_about precipitation |
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| 3) | fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" |
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| Synonyms : | come_down fall |
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| condense precipitation downfall fall rain spat snow hail sleet |
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| 4) | fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin" |
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| come_down precipitation |
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| 5) | hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below" |
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| cast precipitation precipitation |
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