precipice

Converse of object

• climb: At 1345 they finally climbed the last precipice and stood on the summit of Pelvoux.
• uncover: The Nobel academy said Pinter's work " uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms " .
• face: I was no longer giddy, and faced the precipice of 3500 feet without a shiver.
• frown: I now seem to be borne along on the tide of a tempestuous torrent, through rocky defiles and beneath frowning precipices.
• skirt: It leads from Loch Kishorn through ascending hairpin bends and skirts steep precipices on its way.

Adjective modifier

• Malthusian: Land Resources: on the edge of the Malthusian precipice?
• rocky: Rocky precipices drop almost 100 meters to the ocean.
• sheer: Below them was a sheer precipice several hundred feet in depth.
• steep: To mix a couple of metaphors, the time bomb is ticking and we stand on the edge of a very steep precipice.
• high: They have a real giddy horror of stars and seas, as a man has on the edge of a hopelessly high precipice.
• great: On the latter side, as well as to the former, there was a great precipice.

Preposition: on

side: We descended these high wouls by a steep and hazardous precipice on one Side and y e way narrow.

Modifies a noun

bond: Capita Trust, part of Capita Group plc, has been fined £ 300,000 for the mis-selling of precipice bonds.

Preposition: of

relegation: But they took a major stride back from the precipice of relegation last night.

Noun used with modifier

debt: Borrowing: One in five of us are facing the debt precipice.