mindmap root((突然)) precipitate stresses lack of due deliberation and implies prematureness of action: the army's ~ withdrawal. headlong stresses rashness and lack of forethought of persons or acts: a ~ flight from arrest. abrupt stresses curtness and a lack of warning or ceremony: an ~ refusal. impetuous stresses extreme impatience or impulsiveness: it is a bit ~ to propose marriage on the third date. sudden stresses unexpectedness and sharpness or impetuousness of action: flew into a ~ rage.