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απόκρημνος — meaning in English

apokrimnos

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English meaning

  • abrupt adj Happening suddenly and without warning.
  • precipitate verb To cause something to happen suddenly, often before it is ready to.

Senses

απόκρημνος is used for these senses in English:

  • abrupt Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
  • precipitate Very steep; precipitous.

abrupt — full definition

  1. adj Happening suddenly and without warning.
  2. adj Blunt or curt in manner, verging on rude.
  3. adj Very steep, as if broken off sharply.

precipitate — full definition

  1. verb To cause something to happen suddenly, often before it is ready to.
  2. verb (chemistry) To separate out of a solution as a solid.
  3. adjective Acting with reckless haste; hasty or rash.

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