Precipitate
verb
To make something happen suddenly or sooner than expected.
The assassination of the leader may precipitate a war.
Often appears as...
- precipitate a crisis
- precipitate a change
adjective
Done quickly and without enough thought or planning.
A precipitate decision can lead to unexpected consequences.
Often appears as...
- precipitate decision
- precipitate action
verb
To cause a solid substance to be separated from a solution.
Adding acid to the solution will precipitate the salt.
Often appears as...
- precipitate a reaction
- precipitate out
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Technical
noun
A solid substance that is separated from a solution.
The precipitate was collected and dried for further analysis.
Often appears as...
- collect the precipitate
- filter the precipitate
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make something happen suddenly or sooner than expected.
The assassination of the leader may precipitate a war.
Often appears as...
- precipitate a crisis
- precipitate a change
adjective
Done quickly and without enough thought or planning.
A precipitate decision can lead to unexpected consequences.
Often appears as...
- precipitate decision
- precipitate action
verb
To cause a solid substance to be separated from a solution.
Adding acid to the solution will precipitate the salt.
Often appears as...
- precipitate a reaction
- precipitate out
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A solid substance that is separated from a solution.
The precipitate was collected and dried for further analysis.
Often appears as...
- collect the precipitate
- filter the precipitate
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Unexpected Speed
Emphasizes how quickly and surprisingly an event occurs after the verb is used.
Their heated argument precipitated the team's breakup.
Pro Tip 2/2Catalyst for Events
Indicates the verb is an activator for a chain of events, not just a single occurrence.
The new trade law may precipitate an economic downturn.
Pro Tip 1/2Unexpected Speed
Emphasizes how quickly and surprisingly an event occurs after the verb is used.
Their heated argument precipitated the team's breakup.
Pro Tip 2/2Catalyst for Events
Indicates the verb is an activator for a chain of events, not just a single occurrence.
The new trade law may precipitate an economic downturn.
Pro Tip 1/2Unexpected Speed
Emphasizes how quickly and surprisingly an event occurs after the verb is used.
Their heated argument precipitated the team's breakup.
Pro Tip 2/2Catalyst for Events
Indicates the verb is an activator for a chain of events, not just a single occurrence.
The new trade law may precipitate an economic downturn.
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Searching For Life in...
that's where energy can be harvested. So, the deep sea is our best opportunity to find new types of metabolism. And there are sort of three canonical categories over the last few decades that have been carved out within this deep sea realm. Black smoker hydrothermal vents are precipitating these metal sulfides,
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David Deutsch: Chemical...
when the best available scientific theory was telling us that industrial emissions were about to precipitate a new ice age, in which billions would die. Now, the lesson of that seems clear to me, and I don't know why it isn't informing public debate. It is that we can't always know.
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How to fossilize...yourse...
While all your soft parts decay away, your bones get saturated with mineral-rich waters. Bit by bit, microscopic crystals precipitate out of these waters to fill in the empty spaces and pores in your bones. Otherwise, you'd better hope the sediments around you harden
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Damian Palin: Mining...
a place that doesn't have any natural resources. So I'd like you to image a mining industry in a way that one hasn't existed before; imagine a mining industry that doesn't mean defiling the Earth; imagine bacteria helping us do this by accumulating and precipitating
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Mining minerals from...
industry in a way that one hasn't existed before imagine a mining industry that doesn't mean defiling the earth and imagine bacteria helping us do this accumulating and precipitating and sedimenting minerals out of desalination brine
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Europe's plan to become...
They are also necessary. Solving climate change will help solve a host of other problems. Ignoring it will only precipitate them, as we see with the link between the loss of biodiversity and zoonotic viruses like the coronavirus.
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How do crystals work? -...
it crystallizes to form young, hot igneous rocks. The heat from these rocks drives groundwater towards the surface. As the water cools, ions precipitate out as mineral crystals, including quartz crystals from silicon and oxygen,
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Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
we're getting questions from the audience about probably the one of the worst days if not the worst single day for life on earth that day 66 million years ago when an asteroid struck earth and precipitated what we now call the
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How empowering women and...
given existing vulnerabilities. There is greater risk of displacement, higher odds of being injured or killed during a natural disaster. Prolonged drought can precipitate early marriage as families contend with scarcity.
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The inside story of the...
we began to see changes happening in many areas, precipitated by thousands of people, including many of you here today, and I thank you.
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Searching For Life in...
that's where energy can be harvested. So, the deep sea is our best opportunity to find new types of metabolism. And there are sort of three canonical categories over the last few decades that have been carved out within this deep sea realm. Black smoker hydrothermal vents are precipitating these metal sulfides,
Video examples
David Deutsch: Chemical...
when the best available scientific theory was telling us that industrial emissions were about to precipitate a new ice age, in which billions would die. Now, the lesson of that seems clear to me, and I don't know why it isn't informing public debate. It is that we can't always know.
Video examples
How to fossilize...yourse...
While all your soft parts decay away, your bones get saturated with mineral-rich waters. Bit by bit, microscopic crystals precipitate out of these waters to fill in the empty spaces and pores in your bones. Otherwise, you'd better hope the sediments around you harden
Video examples
Damian Palin: Mining...
a place that doesn't have any natural resources. So I'd like you to image a mining industry in a way that one hasn't existed before; imagine a mining industry that doesn't mean defiling the Earth; imagine bacteria helping us do this by accumulating and precipitating
Video examples
Mining minerals from...
industry in a way that one hasn't existed before imagine a mining industry that doesn't mean defiling the earth and imagine bacteria helping us do this accumulating and precipitating and sedimenting minerals out of desalination brine
Video examples
Europe's plan to become...
They are also necessary. Solving climate change will help solve a host of other problems. Ignoring it will only precipitate them, as we see with the link between the loss of biodiversity and zoonotic viruses like the coronavirus.
Video examples
How do crystals work? -...
it crystallizes to form young, hot igneous rocks. The heat from these rocks drives groundwater towards the surface. As the water cools, ions precipitate out as mineral crystals, including quartz crystals from silicon and oxygen,
Video examples
Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
we're getting questions from the audience about probably the one of the worst days if not the worst single day for life on earth that day 66 million years ago when an asteroid struck earth and precipitated what we now call the
Video examples
How empowering women and...
given existing vulnerabilities. There is greater risk of displacement, higher odds of being injured or killed during a natural disaster. Prolonged drought can precipitate early marriage as families contend with scarcity.
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The inside story of the...
we began to see changes happening in many areas, precipitated by thousands of people, including many of you here today, and I thank you.
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Ellen Key
Swedish Writer
The exact sciences, which would be considered a priori as little adapted to women, for example mathematics, astronomy and physics, are exactly those in which thus far they have most distinguished themselves. This contains a warning against too precipitate conclusions about the intellectual life of woman.
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Ron Paul
American Politician
The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.
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Rosa Luxemburg
Russian Activist
Credit reproduces all the fundamental antagonisms of the capitalist world. It accentuates them. It precipitates their development and thus pushes the capitalist world forward to its own destruction.
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David Draiman
American Musician
The forces that precipitate the vicious cycle of conflict on this planet do not pledge allegiance to either the left or the right or the center. They take advantage of everyone.
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Luke Ford
Australian Writer
Acting in anger and hatred throughout my life, I frequently precipitated what I feared most, the loss of friendships and the need to rely upon the very people I'd abused.
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Charles Edward Merriam
American Educator
It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.
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Paul Samuelson
American Economist
Often, when I became a consultant to a federal agency, that precipitated its demise.
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Rebecca West
Irish Author
It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.
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Andrew Ridgeley
English Singer
Nothing had prepared me for the depth of pain George's death precipitated.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Nature is the incarnation of thought. The world is the mind precipitated.
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Ellen Key
Swedish Writer
The exact sciences, which would be considered a priori as little adapted to women, for example mathematics, astronomy and physics, are exactly those in which thus far they have most distinguished themselves. This contains a warning against too precipitate conclusions about the intellectual life of woman.
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Ron Paul
American Politician
The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.
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Rosa Luxemburg
Russian Activist
Credit reproduces all the fundamental antagonisms of the capitalist world. It accentuates them. It precipitates their development and thus pushes the capitalist world forward to its own destruction.
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David Draiman
American Musician
The forces that precipitate the vicious cycle of conflict on this planet do not pledge allegiance to either the left or the right or the center. They take advantage of everyone.
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Luke Ford
Australian Writer
Acting in anger and hatred throughout my life, I frequently precipitated what I feared most, the loss of friendships and the need to rely upon the very people I'd abused.
Quote examples
Charles Edward Merriam
American Educator
It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.
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Paul Samuelson
American Economist
Often, when I became a consultant to a federal agency, that precipitated its demise.
Quote examples
Rebecca West
Irish Author
It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.
Quote examples
Andrew Ridgeley
English Singer
Nothing had prepared me for the depth of pain George's death precipitated.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Nature is the incarnation of thought. The world is the mind precipitated.
Example 1 of 10
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