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precipitation

noun
  1. overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
    haste
  2. an unexpected acceleration or hastening
    “They are responsible for the precipitation of their own demise.”
  3. the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
  4. the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
    downfall
  5. the process of forming a chemical precipitate
  6. the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
    “the storm brought several inches of precipitation”