hasty

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Doing things without fear or proper thought
act of bravado
bravado
carpe diem
daredevil
desperado
hotheadedly
hotheadedness
impetuosity
impetuous
impetuously
like there is/was no tomorrowidiom
precipitancy
precipitant
precipitately
precipitation
rashness
tomorrow
trigger-happy
unafraid
with no thought for somethingidiom

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Hurrying and doing things quickly

precipitate | American Dictionary

precipitate
verb[ T ]
 fmlus/prɪˈsɪp·ɪˌteɪt/

precipitateverb[T] (MAKE HAPPEN)

to make something happen suddenly or sooner than expected:
An invasion would certainly precipitate a war.

precipitate

adjectiveus/prɪˈsɪp·ə·t̬ɪt/
fml
We were alarmed by his precipitate actions.
precipitate
verb[ I/T ]
us/priˈsɪp·ɪˌteɪt/

precipitateverb[I/T] (SEPARATE)

chemistry
to separate, or cause a substance to separate from a liquid as a solid
precipitate
noun[ C ]
us/priˈsɪp·ə·t̬ɪt, -əˌteɪt/

precipitatenoun[C] (SEPARATE)

chemistry
a substance that separates from a liquid as a solid

Examples of precipitate

precipitate
In the absence of the complementary globin chains, the excess unbound - or -globin protein aggregates and precipitates, damaging cell membranes and leading to premature destruction.
Existing explanations of domestic structural change focus on the role crises play in precipitating radical or episodic change.
Their easy production announced a gracious and fertile imagination, which sometimes precipitated them toward error.
No precipitating antibodies were detected in either sheep or rabbits.
After incubation for 4 h the precipitates were washed again, transferred to the new tubes and their radioactivity determined.
The aetiology of post-traumatic morbidity : predisposing, precipitating and perpetuating factor.
They warn that youth employment is par t of a syndrome of "precocious development," precipitating a hastened transition to adulthood.
The detection of fluid inclusions in surface precipitates is therefore difficult without experience.
If a further substance is added, a powdery "metal calces" precipitates from the solution.
Although further studies are needed to confirm this finding, it suggests that late-onset depression is more likely to be environmentally precipitated than earlyonset depression.
The only option is to stop the analgesics, although this almost inevitably precipitates a temporary worsening of the headaches.
Evaluation of proanthocyanidins, protein binding assays and protein precipitating potential.
The omission of heavy metal staining is important when cytochemical methods are used that produce very fine precipitates.
Post-lumbar-puncture headache is an example precipitated by leakage from the punctured lumbar theca.
The work is a metaphor which portrays subtle transformations (or transmutations) in human existence precipitated by pervasive new technology.
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