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[ adjective ] bringing on suddenly or abruptly

Examples

"the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of water-borne commerce"

Related terms

causative

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Rhymes with

hesitating annotating agitating irritating debilitating annotating penetrating devastating validating participating invalidating accommodating abating dominating populating detonating disseminating oscillating incapacitating stimulating indicating self-deprecating reciprocating deprecating investigating suffocating deregulating contaminating vacillating aggravating motivating delegating complicating alienating subordinating resonating incriminating coordinating fluctuating nominating titillating frustrating assimilating illuminating activating calculating isolating fascinating regulating circulating communicating discriminating relegating putting lactating rotating obliterating carpeting hallucinating integrating updating tasting operating exasperating shutting jutting protesting protecting editing abutting cutting intimidating inhibiting placating piloting crediting marketing inheriting limiting telemarketing riveting visiting dating pulsating duplicating baiting implicating captivating plating intoxicating averting asserting alerting excruciating depreciating officiating nauseating ingratiating radiating exacerbating moderating liberating reverberating detecting legislating denigrating parachuting vibrating dieting petting rioting invigorating deteriorating extenuating commemorating exhilarating permeating obviating alternating infuriating humiliating accelerating regenerating testing tenting balloting buffeting vomiting disquieting painting protesting rating weighting mating waiting upsetting locating protecting outfitting disconcerting contacting lamenting affecting converting collecting connecting uninteresting parting panting harvesting interesting elating bloodletting interpreting skating grating outing tempting erupting ting spurting sprouting spotting spouting sporting negating berating hallucinating equating corrupting erupting projecting directing hunting augmenting offsetting diverting putting pitting batting betting doubting biting prompting accepting toasting rusting bunting taunting executing planting typewriting exporting handwriting imparting importing disappointing departing unsuspecting supporting

Phonetic and Homophones

P R IH0 S IH1 P AH0 T EY2 T IH0 NG

Similar Spelling

precipitin precipitation precipitate precipitant precipitator precipitately precipitateness precipitancy precipitance precipitous precipitously precipitousness

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