- 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)
- precipitate - separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
--1 is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun precipitate1, noun precipitation2, noun precipitant1, noun precipitator1
Something ----s
- precipitate - bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"
--2 is one way to effect, effectuate, bring about, set up
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun precipitation5
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- precipitate, come down, fall - fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun precipitation1, noun precipitation3
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- precipitate - fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"
--4 is one way to descend, fall, go down, come down
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun precipitation4
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- precipitate - hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"
--5 is one way to hurl, hurtle, cast
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun precipitation4, noun precipitation5
Somebody ----s something