Precipitate

English Meaning

Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.

1. 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. To cause to happen, especially suddenly or prematurely. See Synonyms at speed.
3. Meteorology To cause (water vapor) to condense and fall from the air as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
4. Chemistry To cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution.
5. Meteorology To condense and fall from the air as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
6. Chemistry To be separated from a solution as a solid.
7. To fall or be thrown headlong: an ailing economy that precipitated into ruin despite foreign intervention.
8. Moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong.
9. Acting with or marked by excessive haste and lack of due deliberation. See Synonyms at impetuous, reckless.
10. Occurring suddenly or unexpectedly.
11. Chemistry A solid or solid phase separated from a solution.
12. A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action.