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Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.

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  1. a. Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.
  2. a. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
  3. a. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
  4. a. Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
  5. n. An abrupt place.
  6. v. t. To tear off or asunder.
  7. adj. marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions
  8. adj. exceedingly sudden and unexpected
  9. adj. dangerously steep
  10. adj. surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner
  11. Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray.