precipitate
     adj : done with very great haste and without due deliberation;
           "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare;
           "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur
           Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty
           plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been
           rather precipitate in deposing the king" [syn: {hasty},
            {overhasty}, {precipitant}, {precipitous}]
     n : a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after
         settling or filtering
     v 1: separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
     2: bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's
        revolution"
     3: fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling";
        "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on
        Herculaneum" [syn: {come down}, {fall}]
     4: fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy
        precipitated into complete ruin"
     5: hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated
        the train into the river below"
Source: WordNet® 2.0