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Complete Definition of "abruption"

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English

Etymology
Latin abruptio, from abrumpere: compare French #French|abruption.

Noun
en-noun

  1. A sudden break off|breaking off; a sudden termination; a violent separation of bodies.
Quotations
1837: w:Samuel Johnson|Samuel Johnson, The Life of Cowley
1996: Richard Taruskin, Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, p. 336

Related terms
abrupt
abruptly
abruptness
placental abruption

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

fr:abruption
ru:abruption
vi:abruption

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