Careless headlong action

• rush

  1. A sudden movement toward something:
  2. A surge or release of emotion:
  3. A rapid, often noisy flow or passage:

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  1. A sudden movement toward something:
  2. A surge or release of emotion:
  3. A rapid, often noisy flow or passage:

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• precipitation

  1. A precipitating or being precipitated; specif., a headlong fall or rush
  2. (Figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.
  3. (Meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.

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  1. A precipitating or being precipitated; specif., a headlong fall or rush
  2. (Figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.
  3. (Meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.

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• precipitateness

  1. The state of being precipitate; hastiness. [from 17th c.]

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  1. The state of being precipitate; hastiness. [from 17th c.]

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• precipitancy

  1. A being precipitate; great haste; rashness
  2. Suddenness; excessive haste.
  3. Action or thought marked by impulsiveness or rash haste.

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  1. A being precipitate; great haste; rashness
  2. Suddenness; excessive haste.
  3. Action or thought marked by impulsiveness or rash haste.

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• precipitance

  1. Alternative form of precipitancy.

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  1. Alternative form of precipitancy.

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• hurriedness

  1. The state of being hurried.

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  1. The state of being hurried.

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• hastiness

  1. The characteristic of being hasty.

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  1. The characteristic of being hasty.

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• haste

  1. Necessity for hurrying; urgency
  2. Rapidity of action or motion:
  3. Rash or headlong action; precipitateness:

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  1. Necessity for hurrying; urgency
  2. Rapidity of action or motion:
  3. Rash or headlong action; precipitateness:

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Foolhardy boldness or disregard of danger

• temerity

  1. Foolish or rash boldness; foolhardiness; recklessness
  2. Excessive boldness or rashness; foolhardiness or recklessness.

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  1. Foolish or rash boldness; foolhardiness; recklessness
  2. Excessive boldness or rashness; foolhardiness or recklessness.

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• temerariousness

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• recklessness

  1. The state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.

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  1. The state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.

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• incautiousness

  1. The quality of being incautious.
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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  1. The quality of being incautious.
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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• foolhardiness

  1. The quality of being foolhardy.

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  1. The quality of being foolhardy.

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• brashness

  1. The characteristic of being brash.

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  1. The characteristic of being brash.

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