Precipitate

/pɹəˈsɪpɪteɪt/

verb

  1. To make something happen suddenly and quickly.

    it precipitated their success

  2. To throw an object or person from a great height.

  3. To send violently into a certain state or condition.

    we were precipitated into a conflict

Synonyms: accelerate, advance, hasten, speed up, cast, fling, throw, headlong

adjective

  1. Headlong; falling steeply or vertically.

  2. Very steep; precipitous.

  3. With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong.

Synonyms: abrupt, precipitous, subitaneous, brant, headlong, precipitant, precipitous, hotheaded

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