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English to English adjective
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Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions | | Example: abrupt prose
source: wordnet30
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exceedingly sudden and unexpected | | Example: came to an abrupt stop
an abrupt change in the weather
source: wordnet30
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extremely steep | | Example: an abrupt canyon
the precipitous rapids of the upper river
the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings
a sharp drop
source: wordnet30
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surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner | | Example: an abrupt reply
source: wordnet30 noun
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An abrupt place. | | source: webster1913 verb
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To tear off or asunder. | | source: webster1913
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