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precipitator

noun
/pɹɪˈsɪpɪˌteɪtə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Latin praecipitator (“an overthrower”); equivalent to precipitate + -or.

  1. derived from praecipitātus
  2. suffixed as precipitator — “precipitate + or”

Definitions

  1. One who or that which precipitates (causes something to happen or urges it on with…

    One who or that which precipitates (causes something to happen or urges it on with vehemence or rashness).

    • […] those of that sect […] that call’d themselves by that name of Zealots, and withal, took upon them to be the saviours and preservers of the City, but as it prov’d, the hastners & precipitators of the destruction of that Kingdom […]
    • Even the most wanton precipitators of war always try to give it, in the eyes of the common people, a defensive character.

  2. A person who, or device that, carries out precipitation.

  3. An apparatus which removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation.

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