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precipice

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prec·i·pice  (prs-ps)
n.
1. An overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock, such as a crag or the face of a cliff.
2. The brink of a dangerous or disastrous situation: on the precipice of defeat.

[French précipice, from Latin praecipitium, from praeceps, praecipit-, headlong; see precipitate.]

precipice
Noun
the very steep face of a cliff [Latin praecipitium steep place]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.precipiceprecipice - a very steep cliff                  
cliff, drop-off, drop - a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop"

precipice
noun cliff, crag, rock face, cliff face, height, brink, bluff, sheer drop, steep cliff, scarp
Translations
precipice [ˈprɛsɪpɪs] nprecipicio

precipice [ˈprɛsɪpɪs] nprécipice m

precipice [ˈprɛsɪpɪs] n (also fig) → Abgrund m

precipice [ˈprɛsɪpɪs] nprecipizio

precipice
n precipice [ˈpresipis]
a steep cliff. afgrond جُرْف، هاويَه пропаст propast stejl klippe die Klippe γκρεμός precipicio järsak صخرۀ عمود jyrkänne précipice צוּק תָּלוּל खड़ी चट्टान, प्रपात ponor,strmina szakadék tebing þverhnípi precipizio がけ 절벽, 벼랑 praraja, skardis krauja cenuram afgrond stup, bratt skrent przepaść precipício pră­pas­tie; perete abrupt обрыв priepasť prepad provalija brant, stup, avgrund หน้าผา uçurum 懸崖 провалля, безодня عمودي چٹان vách đứng
adj precipitous [priˈsipitəs]
very steep. steil شَديد الإنْحِدار много стръмен strmý stejl jäh κατακόρυφος escarpado järsk پر شیب jyrkkä escarpé תָּלוּל प्रपाती vrlo strm meredek terjal þverhníptur ripido 切りたった 가파른 status, skardingas kraujš; stāvs terjal steil svært bratt urwisty escarpado abrupt отвесный strmý strm strm tvärbrant, bråddjup ซึ่งเป็นหน้าผา çok dik, uçurumlu 陡峭的 стрімкий; крутий بہت زيادہ ڈھلوان dốc đứng


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Or unto eagles like which fixedly, Long adown the precipice look, Adown THEIR precipice:-- Oh, how they whirl down now, Thereunder, therein, To ever deeper profoundness whirling
AN ASS, being driven along a high road, suddenly started off and bolted to the brink of a deep precipice.
"Verily," sighed the Pharisee, as he peered dizzily over the precipice, "the uncircumcised are as the sands by the seashore-as the locusts in the wilderness
 
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