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Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th
abrupt
a·brupt (ə-brŭptʹ)adj. 1. Unexpectedly sudden: an abrupt change in the weather. 2. Surprisingly curt; brusque: an abrupt answer made in anger. 3. Touching on one subject after another with sudden transitions: abrupt prose. 4. Steeply inclined. See Synonyms at steep1. 5. Botany. Terminating suddenly rather than gradually; truncate: an abrupt leaf. [Latin abruptus, past participle of abrumpere, to break off : ab-, away; see ab-1 + rumpere, to break; See reup- in Indo-European Roots.] a·bruptʹly adv.a·bruptʹness n.
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