a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

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 they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king

[ Syn: hasty , overhasty , precipitant , precipitous ]

bring about abruptly; The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution'

separate as a fine suspension of solid particles

fall from clouds; rain, snow and sleet were falling; Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum

[ Syn: come down , fall ]

fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; Our economy precipitated into complete ruin'

hurl or throw violently; The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below'