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Abruption

//əˈbɹʌp.ʃn̩// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sudden termination or interruption. archaic
  2. 2
    an instance of sudden interruption wordnet
  3. 3
    A sudden breaking off or breaking away; a violent separation of bodies.

    "By this abruption posterity lost more instruction than delight."

Etymology

From abrupt + -ion. From Latin abruptio, from abrumpo (“to break off”).

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