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precipitation

English

  1. 🔊 an unexpected acceleration or hastening
    “he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise”
  2. 🔊 the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
  3. 🔊 the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
  4. 🔊 the process of forming a chemical precipitate
  5. 🔊 the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
    “the storm brought several inches of precipitation”
  6. 🔊 overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
    “he soon regretted his haste”

Similar words

haste hastiness hurry hurriedness downfall scotch mist abruptness air speed alacrity alluvion alluvium ash blood rain carelessness celerity cinder clinker deposit deposition deposits desperateness devil-may-careness diluvium dispatch