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Definitions

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."

Synonyms

All synonyms

breaking offbreaking off

Example

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

Etymology

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

Related phrases

break offplacental abruption

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