precipice
/ˈpɹɛsɪpɪs/ noun C2- A very steep cliff.
- The brink of a dangerous situation. · to stand on a precipice
Plural precipices
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THE HARES, oppressed by their own exceeding timidity and weary of the perpetual alarm to which they were exposed, with one accord determined to put an end to themselves and their troubles by jumping from a lofty precipice into a deep lake below.
A WOLF saw a Goat feeding at the summit of a steep precipice, where he had no chance of reaching her.
AN ASS, being driven along a high road, suddenly started off and bolted to the brink of a deep precipice.
You have been walking for some months very near to the edge of a precipice.
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