• a Precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
• separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
• hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and Precipitated the train into the river below"
• bring about abruptly; "The crisis Precipitated by Russia''s revolution"
• fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy Precipitated into complete ruin"
• fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius Precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
• 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

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