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Noun
Definition: a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
Definition: a product resulting from a process, event, or course of action
Verb
Definition: bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"
Definition: separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
Definition: fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
Definition: fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"
Definition: hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"
Definition: To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
Adjective
Definition: 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"
Definition: headlong; falling steeply or vertically.