The tense exchange between leaders may have precipitated the start of this war. From LearnThat.org.
Verb (used with object) : to precipitate an international crisis. ,He precipitated himself into the struggle. From Dictionary.com.
Adjective : a precipitate fall down the stairs. ,a precipitate retreat. ,a precipitate stop; a precipitate decision. ,a precipitate marriage. From Dictionary.com.
The precipitate is dried in vacuo to remove all trace of the alcohol. From Wordnik.com. [Frederick G. Banting - Nobel Lecture] Reference
A precipitate is a solid generated out of a solution via chemical reaction. From Wordnik.com. [Somewhat overgeneralized chemistry analogy of the day] Reference
After standing overnight the resultant precipitate is removed by centrifuging. From Wordnik.com. [Frederick G. Banting - Nobel Lecture] Reference
This precipitate is washed once or twice with alkaline water of pH 9.0 and the washings are added to the main liquid. From Wordnik.com. [Frederick G. Banting - Nobel Lecture] Reference
A retreat which history calls a precipitate flight. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847] Reference
A ’story of enterprise and success ending in precipitate failure (453). From Wordnik.com. [Coming Heavy | PopPolitics.com] Reference
A precipitate, which is generally in the form of powder, consists mainly of metallic copper. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.] Reference
Will The Sopranos’ ’story of enterprise and success’ end “in precipitate failure”?. From Wordnik.com. [Coming Heavy | PopPolitics.com] Reference
This so-called precipitate had the appearance of small dark-red crystals resembling cinnabar. From Wordnik.com. [Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2] Reference
The precipitate is a very pale green colour, flocculent at first, but crystalline after washing. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
Ammoniacal silver nitrate White precipitate, which is so gelatinous that a 10 per cent, solution of silver nitrate becomes nearly solid, like boiled starch. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference
The most characteristic test for the gas is a white precipitate, which is produced by passing it into lime or baryta-water, or into a solution of subacetate of lead. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.] Reference
If, for example, mercury (a heavy, silvery liquid) be heated in contact with oxygen (a colourless gas), oxide of mercury is formed (red precipitate, which is a powder). From Wordnik.com. [Logic Deductive and Inductive] Reference
But isn't an almost-total withdrawal of combat forces within barely a year "precipitate"?. From Wordnik.com. [No Easy Exit From Iraq] Reference
It can be prepared by adding ammonium hydroxide to any soluble aluminium salt, forming a semi-transparent precipitate which is insoluble in water but very hard to filter. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
A red precipitate, which is fo light, that it generally fwims on the furface of the liquor. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of the Art of Dyeing] Reference
This kind of precipitate fiscal austerity contributed directly to the onset of the Great Depression in the 1930s. From Wordnik.com. [Calitics - Front Page] Reference
When fluoride and calcium bind, creating a "precipitate," a life-threatening condition of decreased calcium (hypocalcemia) can occur. From Wordnik.com. [CNS Magazine - Headline News] Reference
Today it's a banking crisis that might precipitate an economic collapse. From Wordnik.com. [Letter? I Never Got Any Letter, Herbert.] Reference
Rosner also said that the move "could precipitate a systemic risk issue.". From Wordnik.com. [Famed Investor Bill Gross Calls For Massive Taxpayer-Backed Mortgage Refinance Initiative] Reference
"I agree entirely that a precipitate withdrawal of stimulus packages would be wrong.". From Wordnik.com. [David Miliband rejects Tony Blair's prescription on economy] Reference
"I wanted to precipitate a debate that has been totally absent and is still totally absent.". From Wordnik.com. [Carter's Book Tour from Hell] Reference
An increase in fuel cost to European levels might be the only thing that would precipitate this shift. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Alternative Fuels] Reference
The same Indonesian magnates who helped precipitate -- and then profited from -- the Asian financial crisis. From Wordnik.com. [The Cronies Return] Reference
These views are not benign, because believers often try to precipitate the event, often with tragic results. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Schweitzer: The End Is Not Nigh: Take a Deep Breath and Move On] Reference
"It would precipitate a crisis of confidence and a credit crunch affecting airlines and manufacturers worldwide.". From Wordnik.com. [Turbulence In Ireland] Reference
Its practical effect was to align the court with the military's coup threat and precipitate last summer's election. From Wordnik.com. [Call It a Coup] Reference
We must also consider the possibility that our departure could precipitate the eventual collapse of the Karzai government. From Wordnik.com. [The CIA Solution for Afghanistan] Reference
China fears that floating the yuan could worsen the bad-debt problems in its banking system and precipitate a financial crisis. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Behind The Smiles] Reference
And, in spite of the doomsayers 'warnings, the U.S. withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty did not precipitate World War III. From Wordnik.com. [West Wing Story: Wooing Europe] Reference
As soon as she saw the altered handwriting of it, the lines precipitate and uneven, the distracted look of the address, she was troubled. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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