Definition of abrupt

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Abrupt (a.) Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places..

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Clatter :: Clatter (n.) A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds..
Refract :: Refract (n.) To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
Clatter :: Clatter (v. i.) To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds..
Bluntness :: Bluntness (n.) Abruptness of address; rude plainness.
Abrupt :: Abrupt (v. t.) To tear off or asunder.
Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop..
Shortly :: Shortly (adv.) In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose..
Abruption :: Abruption (n.) A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
Bore :: Bore (n.) Less properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel..
Bitten :: Bitten (a.) Terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse..
Liquid :: Liquid (a.) Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
Abruptly :: Abruptly (adv.) In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly..
Squawk :: Squawk (v. i.) To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly..
Retroflexed :: Retroflexed (a.) Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.
Snatcher :: Snatcher (n.) One who snatches, or takes abruptly..
Abruptly :: Abruptly (adv.) Precipitously.
Abrupt :: Abrupt (a.) Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places..
Fourche :: Fourche (a.) Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; -- said of an ordinary, especially of a cross..
Lysis :: Lysis (n.) The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change..
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