precipitate

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Precipitate those businesses leaving the state, even if they already hold a lot of their investment capital offshore.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2023

Precipitate the silver with salt; collect and reduce it to its metallic state.

From Notes and Queries, Number 231, April 1, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Precipitate the caseinogen by the addition of acetic acid and filter.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)

Precipitate action of this kind prevents the troops being engaged in the most advantageous manner.

From Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918 by Anonymous

Precipitate in all, this sinner Took action first, and then his dinner.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose