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Detailed Synonyms for precipitate in English

precipitate:

precipitate adj

  1. precipitate
    – done with very great haste and without due deliberation 1
    hasty; precipitous; precipitate; overhasty; precipitant
    – done with very great haste and without due deliberation 1
    • hasty adj
      • hasty marriage seldom proveth well1
      • hasty makeshifts take the place of planning1
    • precipitate adj
      • wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king1
    • overhasty adj
      • rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion1

precipitate [the ~] noun

  1. the precipitate
    – a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering 1
    the precipitate
    – a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering 1

precipitate verb

  1. precipitate
    – separate as a fine suspension of solid particles 1
    precipitate
    – separate as a fine suspension of solid particles 1
  2. precipitate
    – hurl or throw violently 1
    precipitate
    – hurl or throw violently 1
    • precipitate verb
      • The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below1
  3. precipitate
    – bring about abruptly 1
    precipitate
    – bring about abruptly 1
    • precipitate verb
      • The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution1
  4. precipitate
    – fall vertically, sharply, or headlong 1
    precipitate
    – fall vertically, sharply, or headlong 1
    • precipitate verb
      • Our economy precipitated into complete ruin1
  5. precipitate
    – fall from clouds 1
    to fall; to come down; precipitate
    – fall from clouds 1
    • fall verb (falls, fell, falling)
      • rain, snow and sleet were falling1
    • come down verb (comes down, came down, coming down)
    • precipitate verb
      • Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum1

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Related Definitions for "precipitate":

  1. done with very great haste and without due deliberation1
    • wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king1
  2. a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering1
  3. separate as a fine suspension of solid particles1
  4. hurl or throw violently1
    • The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below1
  5. bring about abruptly1
    • The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution1
  6. fall vertically, sharply, or headlong1
    • Our economy precipitated into complete ruin1
  7. fall from clouds1
    • Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum1