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PRECIPITATING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bringing on suddenly or abruptly

Example:

the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

causative (producing an effect)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb precipitate

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