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abrupt

adjective
  1. Happening quickly and without warning: hurried, precipitant, precipitate, sudden. See fast, surprise
  2. Rudely unceremonious: blunt, brief, brusque, crusty, curt, gruff, short, short-spoken. See attitude
  3. So sharply inclined as to be almost perpendicular: bold, precipitous, sheer 2, steep 1. See horizontal
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