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precipitate

verb as in hurry, speed

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Barbara Sastre, the boy’s aunt also told us at least one truck had sliced open the house in a blow that precipitated the boys and their dad being swept towards the nearby ravine.

From BBC

In turn, he said, that “can precipitate depressive episodes in such individuals.”

The Times reported that the original project cost was $650 million, which rose after a yearlong delay precipitated by the discovery of fossils and tar under the construction site.

Any one of these might, in the past, have precipitated a regional war.

From BBC

As in much of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic precipitated a fundamental shift in the way South Koreans view their jobs.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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