Rushing+precipitately

  • 1headlong — I. a. 1. Rash, inconsiderate, hasty, heady, reckless, thoughtless, impulsive, perilous, dangerous, ruinous, precipitate. 2. Rushing precipitately, wildly tumbling. 3. Steep, precipitous, sheer. II. ad. 1. Rashly, hastily, precipitately, head… …

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  • 2Harriet Lane — for|ships named Harriet Lane |USCGC Harriet LaneHarriet Rebecca Lane Johnston (May 9, 1830 ndash; July 3, 1903), niece of lifelong bachelor James Buchanan, acted as First Lady of the United States from 1857 to 1861.Harriet Lane s family was from… …

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  • 3precipitate — precipitately, adv. precipitateness, n. precipitative, adj. precipitator, n. v. /pri sip i tayt /; adj., n. /pri sip i tit, tayt /, v., precipitated, precipitating, adj., n. v.t. 1. to hasten the occurrence of; bri …

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  • 4precipitate — I. verb ( tated; tating) Etymology: Latin praecipitatus, past participle of praecipitare, from praecipit , praeceps Date: 1528 transitive verb 1. a. to throw violently ; hurl < the quandaries into which the releas …

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  • 5Precipitant — Pre*cip i*tant, a. [L. praecipitans, antis, p. pr. of praecipitare: cf. F. pr[ e]cipitant. See {Precipitate}.] 1. Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately. [1913 Webster] They leave their little …

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  • 6Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.&#8230; …

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  • 7Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Thermopylae caption=|in rime the colloseumpartof=the Roman xerrian War date=191 BC place=Thermopylae result=Decisive Roman victory combatant1=Roman Republic| combatant2=Seleucid Empire&#8230; …

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  • 8headlong — Synonyms and related words: a corps perdu, abrupt, abruptly, accident prone, agile, bluff, bold, breakneck, breathless, careless, carelessly, daredevil, daring, dashing, desperate, desperately, devil may care, double quick, eagle winged,&#8230; …

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  • 9precipitate — verb (precipitated, precipitating) –verb (t) /prəˈsɪpəteɪt / (say pruh sipuhtayt) 1. to hasten the occurrence of; bring about in haste or suddenly: to precipitate a quarrel. 2. Chemistry to separate (a substance) in solid form from a solution, as …

  • 10precipitate — [prē sip′ə tāt΄, prisip′ə tāt΄; ] for adj. [ & ] n. [, prē sip′ə tit, pri sip′ətit, prē sip′ ə tāt΄, pri sip′ətāt΄] vt. precipitated, precipitating [&LT; L praecipitatus, pp. of praecipitare &LT; praeceps: see PRECIPICE] 1. to throw headlong;&#8230; …

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