Abrupt

a.	1.	Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.
	2.	Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
	3.	Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected. The abrupt style, which hath many breaches. - B. Jonson.
	4.	(Bot.) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
n.	1.	An abrupt place.
v. t.	1.	To tear off or asunder.

Adj.	1.	abrupt - marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose" Synonyms: disconnected
	2.	abrupt - exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather"
	3.	abrupt - extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop" Synonyms: precipitous, sharp
	4.	abrupt - surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"

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