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ABRUPT

\ɐbɹˈʌpt], \ɐbɹˈʌpt], \ɐ_b_ɹ_ˈʌ_p_t]\

Definitions of ABRUPT

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
An abrupt place.
To tear off or asunder.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
An abrupt place.
To tear off or asunder.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

An abrupt place.
Abruptly.
The opposite of gradual, as if broken off: sudden: unexpected.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Broken; ending suddenly; steep; rough; unceremonious or discourteous; unconnected; sudden.
Abruptly.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Abruptly.
Not expected; sudden; broken off; disconnected; steep.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Sudden; broken off.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Steep: craggy; sudden; terminating abruptly, as if the end were cut off.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Appearing as if broken, or cut off, at the extremity.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Broken, craggy; sudden, without the customary or proper preparatives.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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