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Precipitate

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

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Verb group 2

Fall 84% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Fall 84% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Similar meaning 2

Hurried 84% connected

Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Hurried 84% connected

Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 9

Cast 76% connected

of Cast

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Descend 76% connected

To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Effect 76% connected

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Effectuate 76% connected

To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fall 76% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Hurl 76% connected

To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hurtle 76% connected

To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Solid 76% connected

Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard…

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 6

Hail 76% connected

Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are calle…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rain 76% connected

Reign.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sleet 76% connected

The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Snow 76% connected

A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spat 76% connected

imp. of Spit.

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Storm 76% connected

A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or h…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Sludge 76% connected

Mud; mire; soft mud; slush.

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Derivationally related 4

Precipitant 74% connected

Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Precipitant 74% connected

Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Precipitation 74% connected

The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Precipitation 74% connected

The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.

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Entails 3

Condense 72% connected

To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Distil 72% connected

See Distill.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Distill 72% connected

To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.

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Synonym 5

Fall 92% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Hasty 92% connected

Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Overhasty 92% connected

Too hasty; precipitate; rash.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Precipitant 92% connected

Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Precipitous 92% connected

Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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