ADJECTIVE | all | precipitating | bringing on suddenly or abruptly |
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Sounds | prihsih'pahtey.tihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | bringing on suddenly or abruptly. | |
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Example | "the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce" | |
Broader | causative | producing an effect |
Spanish | precipitante | |
Catalan | precipitant |
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