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precipitate

verbHigh-frequency wordMore P words

to cause something to happen suddenly or prematurely

In a sentence

The assassination precipitated a war that no one had wanted.

Synonyms
triggerhastenprovokeinstigate
Antonyms
delayhinderimpede

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