Definition of Abrupt

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ABRUPT adjective

	Sudden, without ceremony, like the arrival of a cannonshot and the departure of the soldier whose interests are most affected by it. Dr. Samuel Johnson beautifully said of another author's ideas that they were 'concatenated without abruption.'

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Abscond

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