precipice
noun
a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.
precipices
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pluralof precipice.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Most of the sheep huddle in sleep, while the more adventurous ones and, predictably, the goats perch on rocky precipices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
In addition to groundwater depletion, rising insurance costs and extreme heat, the U.N. report highlights melting glaciers, ecosystem collapse and space debris as systems nearing precipices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
Landslides in Himachal Pradesh killed more than 50 people this month, with houses flattened and buses and cars hanging on the edge of precipices after roads gave way.
From Reuters ● Aug. 24, 2023
Too much focus on targets like 1.5°C can backfire if they are seen as precipices beyond which there is no redemption, says Tebaldi: “People feel this sense of disempowerment.”
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 9, 2021
At their feet lay a straggle of low buildings, a criss-cross of walls; and on three sides the precipices fell sheer into the plain.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
