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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • botany Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.
  • Curt in manner; rude; uncivil; impolite.
  • Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
  • Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected.
  • Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.

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Noun:

  • poetic Something which is abrupt.

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Verb:

  • To interrupt suddenly.
  • transitive To tear off or asunder.

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