: to move or act with violent or unwise speed. : a substance separated from a solution or suspension by chemical or physical change usually as an insoluble amorphous or crystalline …

PRECIPITATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of precipitate 2. to make something happen suddenly or sooner…. Learn more.

PRECIPITATED definition: having been brought on suddenly or prematurely. See examples of precipitated used in a sentence.

precipitate somebody/something into something to suddenly force somebody/something into a particular state or condition. The assassination of the president precipitated the country into …

A thunderstorm with heavy precipitation Mechanisms of producing precipitation include convective, stratiform, [10] and orographic rainfall. [11] Convective processes involve strong …

If something precipitates an event or situation, usually a bad one, it causes it to happen suddenly or sooner than normal. The killings in Vilnius have precipitated the worst crisis yet. A …

To cause to fall down from a height; hurl downward: "The finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below" (Thornton Wilder).

The budget problem was precipitated by many unexpected costs. He says the police acted precipitately in making the arrest.

• The 1929 stock market crash precipitated the collapse of the American banking system. • Ironically, in view of what had happened fifty years earlier, it was now the School's success …

Precipitate usually means "bringing something on" or "making it happen" — and not always in a good way. An unpopular verdict might "precipitate violence" or one false step at the Grand …