impulsive act


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impulsive act

A sudden, unexplained action, esp. one that may potentially cause danger to oneself or to others.
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Edward Duncan-Smith, defending, said: "Rehman accepts that this was a foolish and impulsive act. He wanted to impress others around him."
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"This was an impulsive act on Lily's part which, although deliberate, was a spur of the moment decision rather than something she had been planning for any length of time, but no less heart-breaking for her family and friends," Moore said, according to Metro.
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And how on earth does this fit into an impulsive act? Any inappropriate contact between adult and child would surely sound alarm bells right from the start; but Richards conducted this over a period of weeks.
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It was not premeditated but an impulsive act when presented with the opportunity.
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Linda is still failing to accept her husband's impulsive act of bonkers generosity and with her own marriage now under serious strain she tells Mick she can't cope any more.
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In an impulsive act of bravado, Kelsea corrects a terrible wrong but throws her country into an unavoidable clash with a nearby kingdom ruled by the evil and bloodthirsty Red Queen.
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It is easy to write it off -- as do the characters in the novel -- as an accident or an impulsive act. But what if, that's not the whole picture?
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It seems like an impulsive act, but mostly it's not.
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