abrupt
/əˈbɹʌpt/ verb C2- To interrupt suddenly.
He/she/it abrupts · Past abrupted · Past participle abrupted · -ing form abrupting
Verb forms
- Base form
- abrupt
- He/she/it
- abrupts
- Past
- abrupted
- Past participle
- abrupted
- -ing form
- abrupting
From the library
That questioning gaze transformed itself suddenly into abrupt speech.
They were within twenty yards of each other; and so abrupt was his appearance, that it was impossible to avoid his sight.
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