abrupt

[a·brupt]

An abrupt decision is one you make suddenly. An abrupt halt is one the Road Runner comes to when reaching an abrupt drop off you'd hear brakes squealing.

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

Adjective S.
surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"

Adjective S.
exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather"

Adjective S.
extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"

Adjective S.
marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose"

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

a.
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.

a.
Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.

a.
Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.

n.
An abrupt place.

v. t.
To tear off or asunder.

Abrupt

Ab*rupt" , a. [L. abruptus, p. p. of abrumpere to break off; ab + rumpere to break. See Rupture.] 1. Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. "Tumbling through ricks abrupt," Thomson. 2. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. "The cause of your abrupt departure." Shak. 3. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
The abrupt style, which hath many breaches.
4. (Bot.) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray. Syn. -- Sudden; unexpected; hasty; rough; curt; unceremonious; rugged; blunt; disconnected; broken.

Abrupt

Ab*rupt" , n. [L. abruptum.] An abrupt place. [Poetic]
"Over the vast abrupt."

Abrupt

Ab*rupt", v. t. To tear off or asunder. [Obs.] "Till death abrupts them." Sir T. Browne.

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

An abrupt place.

To tear off or asunder.

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Usage Examples

Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

In my work you often get an abrupt shift in time, a jolt. But the emotional logic will take the reader on. I hope. I trust. After all, our memories do not work with any sequential logic.