precipitate

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  1. transitive verb To throw from or as if from a great height; hurl downward: "The finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below” (Thornton Wilder).
  2. transitive verb To cause to happen, especially suddenly or prematurely. See Synonyms at speed.
  3. transitive verb Meteorology To cause (water vapor) to condense and fall from the air as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

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precipitation ·  sulphate ·  speedy ·  peroxide ·  hasty ·  oxide ·  timely ·  phosphate ·  precipitous ·  sulphide ·  acetate ·  inconsiderate

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precipitate:   precipitated ·  precipitating
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  1. Latin praecipitāre, praecipitāt-, to throw headlong, from praeceps, praecipit-, headlong : prae-, pre- + caput, capit-, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin præcipitatus, past participle of præcipitare (later Italian precipitare = Spanish Portuguese precipitar = French précipiter), cast down head-long, from præceps (præcipit-), head foremost, headlong, from præ, before, + caput, head: see capital. Cf. precipice.
  2. from Latin præcipitatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/prəˈsɪpɪtət/
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