Abruption

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /əˈbɹʌp.ʃnÌ©/

Origin

abrupt + -tion. From Latin abruptio, from abrumpo ("to break off").

Full definition of abruption

Noun

1. (archaic) A sudden termination or interruption. First attested in the early 17^th century.

1. A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. First attested in the mid 17^th century.
• 1837, Samuel Johnson, The Life of Cowley:By this abruption posterity lost more instruction than delight. Johnson, Life of Cowley.
• 1996, Richard Taruskin, Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, page 336:After a startling abruption and a slow recovery, the canonic process is resumed at 7, with a whole slew of redundant entries on the last phrase.

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