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Abrupt \Ab*rupt"\, n. [L. abruptum.]
An abrupt place. [Poetic]

"Over the vast abrupt." --Milton.
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Abrupt \Ab*rupt"\, v. t.
To tear off or asunder. [Obs.] "Till death abrupts them."
--Sir T. Browne.
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Abrupt \Ab*rupt"\, a. [L. abruptus, p. p. of abrumpere to break
off; ab rumpere to break. See {Rupture}.]
1. Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices,
banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. "Tumbling
through ricks abrupt," --Thomson.
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2. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden;
hasty; unceremonious. "The cause of your abrupt
departure." --Shak.
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3. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another;
unconnected.
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The abrupt style, which hath many breaches. --B.
Jonson.
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4. (Bot.) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. --Gray.
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Syn: Sudden; unexpected; hasty; rough; curt; unceremonious;
rugged; blunt; disconnected; broken.
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