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rash
     1. adj. Acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty.
           rash words spoken in the heat of debate
     2. adj. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
     3. adj. (obsolete) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
     4. adj. (obsolete) Fast-acting.
     5. n. (symptom) An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.
     6. n. A surge in problems; a spate, string or trend
           There has been a rash of vandalism lately.
     7. v. (obsolete) To prepare with haste.
     8. n. An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
     9. v. (obsolete) To pull off or pluck violently.
     10. v. (obsolete) To slash; to hack; to slice.
or
     1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
           In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
           He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
     2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
     3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
     4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
           It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
     5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
           The country Myanmar, or Burma
     6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
     7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
     10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
     11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
impetuous
     1. adj. Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.
     2. adj. Characterized by sudden violence or vehemence.
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