eng: precipitate

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means(noun) a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
precipitate
means(verb) bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"
precipitate
means(verb) separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
precipitate
means(verb) fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
fall, come down, precipitate
means(verb) fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"
precipitate
means(verb) hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"
precipitate
means(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"
overhasty, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, hasty

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