Adjective precipitating has 1 sense
  1. precipitating - bringing on suddenly or abruptly; "the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of water-borne commerce"
    Antonyms:
    noncausative, noncausal (indirect, via causative)
,Verb precipitate has 5 senses
  1. precipitate - separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
    --1 is one way to
    change state, turn
    Derived forms: noun precipitate1, noun precipitation2, noun precipitant1, noun precipitator1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. precipitate - bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"
    --2 is one way to
    effect, effectuate, bring about, set up
    Derived form: noun precipitation5
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. precipitate, come down, fall - fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
    Derived forms: noun precipitation1, noun precipitation3
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  4. precipitate - fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"
    --4 is one way to
    descend, fall, go down, come down
    Derived form: noun precipitation4
    Sample sentences:
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  5. precipitate - hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"
    --5 is one way to
    hurl, hurtle, cast
    Derived forms: noun precipitation4, noun precipitation5
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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