Abrupt
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Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices,
banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.Abrupt meaning & definition 1 of Abrupt.
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Sudden, without ceremony, like the arrival of a cannon shot and the [departure] of the soldier whose interests are most affected by it. Dr [Samuel Johnson] beautifully said of anothers [authors] ideas that they were concatenated without abruption
Abrupt meaning & definition 2 of Abrupt.
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Sudden and unexpected.
Abrupt meaning & definition 3 of Abrupt.