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headlong

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  1. precipitate           
 
1. head.long \-'lo.n\ av [ME hedlong, alter. of hedling, fr. hed head] 1: 
   HEADFIRST  2: without deliberation : RECKLESSLY  3: without pause or delay 
2. head.long \-.lo.n\ aj 1: PRECIPITATE, RASH  2: plunging headforemost  
   archaic  3: STEEP, PRECIPITOUS