noun
- very steep rock faces or cliffs
- dangerous or precarious situations
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The mountain climbers carefully avoided the dangerous precipices.
- Eagles nested on the rocky precipices overlooking the valley.
- The hiking trail wound around several steep precipices.
- The country stood on the precipices of economic collapse.
- She felt as though she was walking along emotional precipices.
- The castle was built on high precipices for defense.
- Political tensions brought the nations to the precipices of war.