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To make something happen suddenly and quickly.

Example: it precipitated their success

To throw an object or person from a great height.

To send violently into a certain state or condition.

Example: we were precipitated into a conflict

To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.

Example: Adding the acid will cause the salt to precipitate.

Headlong; falling steeply or vertically.

Very steep; precipitous.

With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong.

Moving with excessive speed or haste.

Example: The king was too precipitate in declaring war.

A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action

A solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution