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precipitating
adjective
bringing on suddenly or abruptly
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adjective
bringing on suddenly or abruptly
“the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce”
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the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce
